Third-Rail (aka T_Ray_TV) 🧢
@third-rail.bsky.social
turgid essays, video games, kinda anti-authoritarian, leans to the left, dignity for all, ideology and hypocrisy suck, what it means to be human is a better question than meaning of life, value emerges from subjective experience & social instinct
Status quo, Neo-Liberal, Wall Street first Democrats must be cut out like a cancer.
That means we MUST vote in primaries.
Seek independent news reporting.
Contribute something to "humans-first" candidates who see the current economic model as the problem.
That means we MUST vote in primaries.
Seek independent news reporting.
Contribute something to "humans-first" candidates who see the current economic model as the problem.
November 23, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Status quo, Neo-Liberal, Wall Street first Democrats must be cut out like a cancer.
That means we MUST vote in primaries.
Seek independent news reporting.
Contribute something to "humans-first" candidates who see the current economic model as the problem.
That means we MUST vote in primaries.
Seek independent news reporting.
Contribute something to "humans-first" candidates who see the current economic model as the problem.
A lot of Conservatives, Christian nationalists, and Neo-liberals are hysterical about Zohran Mamdani. Here's what I tell them. (When they can't escape for twenty minutes.)
akaei.substack.com/p/mayor-mamd...
akaei.substack.com/p/mayor-mamd...
Mayor Mamdani: Socialism Menace or Pragmatic Paragon?
A Response to the Hysteria
akaei.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:57 AM
A lot of Conservatives, Christian nationalists, and Neo-liberals are hysterical about Zohran Mamdani. Here's what I tell them. (When they can't escape for twenty minutes.)
akaei.substack.com/p/mayor-mamd...
akaei.substack.com/p/mayor-mamd...
I'm an atheist.
I'm not a terrorist.
Prove me wrong.
I'm not a terrorist.
Prove me wrong.
October 1, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I'm an atheist.
I'm not a terrorist.
Prove me wrong.
I'm not a terrorist.
Prove me wrong.
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They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.
moments ago, ice agents again came out of the broadview detention/“professing” facility to escort a silver suv out of the lot.
one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.
one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.
September 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.
How mad do you think the almost forgotten Stephen Crowder gets when he hears Charlie Kirk described as the "prove me wrong" guy?
September 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
How mad do you think the almost forgotten Stephen Crowder gets when he hears Charlie Kirk described as the "prove me wrong" guy?
Are you a political cartoonist?
Free idea:
Charlie Kirk is taking the stand and being sworn in.
He looks nervous.
Kirk: "The whole truth?"
(His whole career was built on half-truths. "Half" is generous.)
Free idea:
Charlie Kirk is taking the stand and being sworn in.
He looks nervous.
Kirk: "The whole truth?"
(His whole career was built on half-truths. "Half" is generous.)
September 13, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Are you a political cartoonist?
Free idea:
Charlie Kirk is taking the stand and being sworn in.
He looks nervous.
Kirk: "The whole truth?"
(His whole career was built on half-truths. "Half" is generous.)
Free idea:
Charlie Kirk is taking the stand and being sworn in.
He looks nervous.
Kirk: "The whole truth?"
(His whole career was built on half-truths. "Half" is generous.)
All desire springs from the desire to continue.
September 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
All desire springs from the desire to continue.
Everyone's worried about the AI alignment problem but we've had a corporate alignment problem for decades.
3400 words, first year college reading level
open.substack.com/pub/akaei/p/...
3400 words, first year college reading level
open.substack.com/pub/akaei/p/...
The Alignment Problem We Already Have
the thing we're worried about is already here
open.substack.com
September 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Everyone's worried about the AI alignment problem but we've had a corporate alignment problem for decades.
3400 words, first year college reading level
open.substack.com/pub/akaei/p/...
3400 words, first year college reading level
open.substack.com/pub/akaei/p/...
Did the FBI find John Bolton's secret copy of the Epstein Files?
August 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Did the FBI find John Bolton's secret copy of the Epstein Files?
Do free markets need to be protected?
Pick one:
1 Free Market
2 Fair Market
Pick one:
1 Free Market
2 Fair Market
August 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Do free markets need to be protected?
Pick one:
1 Free Market
2 Fair Market
Pick one:
1 Free Market
2 Fair Market
I believe (or at least suspect) nothing in the Universe can be understood except by contrast and relationship with some subset of everything else.
August 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I believe (or at least suspect) nothing in the Universe can be understood except by contrast and relationship with some subset of everything else.
Did the Alaska charade summit distract anyone from Trump's connection to the Epstein files?
August 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Did the Alaska charade summit distract anyone from Trump's connection to the Epstein files?
My dude.
This is battery.
It's illegal to do it to anyone.
Do it to me and I'll probably affect a citizen's arrest on you.
Do it to a cop, in front of witnesses, enjoy your new bracelets.
My peeps, a time will come when we need the cops and military to remember they're on our side.
Don't ruin that.
This is battery.
It's illegal to do it to anyone.
Do it to me and I'll probably affect a citizen's arrest on you.
Do it to a cop, in front of witnesses, enjoy your new bracelets.
My peeps, a time will come when we need the cops and military to remember they're on our side.
Don't ruin that.
AG Bondi says a DOJ employee has been fired after he was arrested for allegedly throwing a wrapped Subway sandwich at a federal law enforcement officer in Washington, D.C.
Following his arrest, the man allegedly told one of the arresting officers: “I did it. I threw a sandwich.” wapo.st/3Uq59TN
Following his arrest, the man allegedly told one of the arresting officers: “I did it. I threw a sandwich.” wapo.st/3Uq59TN
August 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
My dude.
This is battery.
It's illegal to do it to anyone.
Do it to me and I'll probably affect a citizen's arrest on you.
Do it to a cop, in front of witnesses, enjoy your new bracelets.
My peeps, a time will come when we need the cops and military to remember they're on our side.
Don't ruin that.
This is battery.
It's illegal to do it to anyone.
Do it to me and I'll probably affect a citizen's arrest on you.
Do it to a cop, in front of witnesses, enjoy your new bracelets.
My peeps, a time will come when we need the cops and military to remember they're on our side.
Don't ruin that.
Today's right-wing crazy conspiracy theory is tomorrow's White House talking point.
Don't let this be us.
Don't let this be us.
August 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Today's right-wing crazy conspiracy theory is tomorrow's White House talking point.
Don't let this be us.
Don't let this be us.
Math is like Facebook friends from high school.
I never do anything with them but I take comfort in knowing they're there.
I never do anything with them but I take comfort in knowing they're there.
August 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Math is like Facebook friends from high school.
I never do anything with them but I take comfort in knowing they're there.
I never do anything with them but I take comfort in knowing they're there.
What a relief we finally have a President who's good at ballroom.
August 12, 2025 at 10:47 AM
What a relief we finally have a President who's good at ballroom.
Annoyed by(?):
"Without free will no one could be held responsible."
Here's why that's wrong.
akaei.substack.com/p/personal-a...
"Without free will no one could be held responsible."
Here's why that's wrong.
akaei.substack.com/p/personal-a...
August 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Annoyed by(?):
"Without free will no one could be held responsible."
Here's why that's wrong.
akaei.substack.com/p/personal-a...
"Without free will no one could be held responsible."
Here's why that's wrong.
akaei.substack.com/p/personal-a...
Vsauce Got It Wrong: Why Unsettledness Isn't Meaning
open.substack.com/pub/akaei/p/...
Ya gotta love him but he made a small yet significant mistake in his latest video "All The Ghosts You Will Be."
Get comfortable and head over. (approx. 980 words)
open.substack.com/pub/akaei/p/...
Ya gotta love him but he made a small yet significant mistake in his latest video "All The Ghosts You Will Be."
Get comfortable and head over. (approx. 980 words)
VSauce Got It Wrong: Why Unsettledness Isn't Meaning
Bonus: briefly, the meaning of meaning
open.substack.com
July 30, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Vsauce Got It Wrong: Why Unsettledness Isn't Meaning
open.substack.com/pub/akaei/p/...
Ya gotta love him but he made a small yet significant mistake in his latest video "All The Ghosts You Will Be."
Get comfortable and head over. (approx. 980 words)
open.substack.com/pub/akaei/p/...
Ya gotta love him but he made a small yet significant mistake in his latest video "All The Ghosts You Will Be."
Get comfortable and head over. (approx. 980 words)
Did 'The Trouble With Wanting Men' in the NYT Magazine leave you speechless?
Not me.
open.substack.com/pub/akaei/p/...
Not me.
open.substack.com/pub/akaei/p/...
July 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Did 'The Trouble With Wanting Men' in the NYT Magazine leave you speechless?
Not me.
open.substack.com/pub/akaei/p/...
Not me.
open.substack.com/pub/akaei/p/...
July 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This is hard to say.
I don't like to encourage (what I observe to be) professional begging.
So I don't give on the street.
Today, on the 4th of July, I did.
When begging has become the best, perhaps only, option for **so many** people, how can I be proud of my country?
I don't like to encourage (what I observe to be) professional begging.
So I don't give on the street.
Today, on the 4th of July, I did.
When begging has become the best, perhaps only, option for **so many** people, how can I be proud of my country?
July 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
This is hard to say.
I don't like to encourage (what I observe to be) professional begging.
So I don't give on the street.
Today, on the 4th of July, I did.
When begging has become the best, perhaps only, option for **so many** people, how can I be proud of my country?
I don't like to encourage (what I observe to be) professional begging.
So I don't give on the street.
Today, on the 4th of July, I did.
When begging has become the best, perhaps only, option for **so many** people, how can I be proud of my country?
Two things were accomplished.
While we were talking about this we weren't talking about ICE and Marines in LA.
And by continuing to exceed his authority unchecked he normalizes abuse of power.
He has roughly three years to invoke general martial law, suspend elections, and stay out of jail.
While we were talking about this we weren't talking about ICE and Marines in LA.
And by continuing to exceed his authority unchecked he normalizes abuse of power.
He has roughly three years to invoke general martial law, suspend elections, and stay out of jail.
June 23, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Two things were accomplished.
While we were talking about this we weren't talking about ICE and Marines in LA.
And by continuing to exceed his authority unchecked he normalizes abuse of power.
He has roughly three years to invoke general martial law, suspend elections, and stay out of jail.
While we were talking about this we weren't talking about ICE and Marines in LA.
And by continuing to exceed his authority unchecked he normalizes abuse of power.
He has roughly three years to invoke general martial law, suspend elections, and stay out of jail.
He has already unilaterally engaged in an act of war.
He has the burden of proof of to show eminent threat.
Negotiation was already scheduled so diplomacy was an option.
There was no emergency.
He exceeded his authority.
He can and should be impeached and removed.
He has the burden of proof of to show eminent threat.
Negotiation was already scheduled so diplomacy was an option.
There was no emergency.
He exceeded his authority.
He can and should be impeached and removed.
June 23, 2025 at 3:13 AM
He has already unilaterally engaged in an act of war.
He has the burden of proof of to show eminent threat.
Negotiation was already scheduled so diplomacy was an option.
There was no emergency.
He exceeded his authority.
He can and should be impeached and removed.
He has the burden of proof of to show eminent threat.
Negotiation was already scheduled so diplomacy was an option.
There was no emergency.
He exceeded his authority.
He can and should be impeached and removed.
As a fan of irony, this may be the best thing I've seen today.
June 23, 2025 at 3:05 AM
As a fan of irony, this may be the best thing I've seen today.