Folken
@tnilc.bsky.social
Master of Public Policy. He/his.
Fuck Nazis, new and old.
#BLM
Fuck Nazis, new and old.
#BLM
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Folken
@tnilc.bsky.social
· Oct 18
"The power of one man doesn't amount to much. But, however little strength I'm capable of, I'll do everything humanly possible to protect the people I love. In turn, they will protect the ones they love. It seems like the least we tiny humans can do for each other."
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The whole thing about accepting MTG for "strategic" reasons is that Dems just tried this shit. Harris spent her campaign palling around with Liz Cheney among other conservative figures, and she lost. Welcoming MTG is bad strategy in addition to being morally repugnant.
December 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The whole thing about accepting MTG for "strategic" reasons is that Dems just tried this shit. Harris spent her campaign palling around with Liz Cheney among other conservative figures, and she lost. Welcoming MTG is bad strategy in addition to being morally repugnant.
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Are white people aware that Trump won twice BECAUSE A MAJORITY OF WHITE PEOPLE WHO VOTED PUT HIM IN OFFICE?????????? Why is this consistently elided???? Stop being ridiculous.
December 30, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Are white people aware that Trump won twice BECAUSE A MAJORITY OF WHITE PEOPLE WHO VOTED PUT HIM IN OFFICE?????????? Why is this consistently elided???? Stop being ridiculous.
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"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
December 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
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This is called pillaging.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
This is called pillaging.
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“ The daughter of a well known conservative operative , whose paper did not answer the topic at hand and had a carefully planned media campaign , had a trans instructor fired for grading a paper according to the agreed upon rubric”
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
“ The daughter of a well known conservative operative , whose paper did not answer the topic at hand and had a carefully planned media campaign , had a trans instructor fired for grading a paper according to the agreed upon rubric”
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Corporate capture and support for genocide cost the Democrats the election, not trans people’s human rights.
Those Democrats, especially Gavin Newsom, who were trying to blame us, need to be booted out.
Those Democrats, especially Gavin Newsom, who were trying to blame us, need to be booted out.
Everyone saying this in the ramp up to the election were correct and the party loyalists still argue online for free that the Dems can do no wrong.
Autopsy Says Corporate Capture, Support for Genocide Were Key Factors in Democrats' 2024 Disaster | Common Dreams
"Harris and the Democratic Party leadership prioritized the agendas of corporate donors and gambled on a centrist path, while largely abandoning working-class, young, and progressive voters."
www.commondreams.org
December 25, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Corporate capture and support for genocide cost the Democrats the election, not trans people’s human rights.
Those Democrats, especially Gavin Newsom, who were trying to blame us, need to be booted out.
Those Democrats, especially Gavin Newsom, who were trying to blame us, need to be booted out.
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It’s not even a low blow. It’s factual information about the moral and ethical character of a public figure that is relevant to the American people in making their decision about who to vote for. It’s really inexcusable to have not put this out there.
I will never ever ever understand how the Biden administration had all this nuclear-level dirt on Trump and didn't pull the ripcord. You can try to explain it but it will never make sense.
December 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
It’s not even a low blow. It’s factual information about the moral and ethical character of a public figure that is relevant to the American people in making their decision about who to vote for. It’s really inexcusable to have not put this out there.
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Happy Festivus to all that celebrate….is everyone ready to air out their grievances?
December 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Happy Festivus to all that celebrate….is everyone ready to air out their grievances?
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Democrats should go all in on blasting this out, both as a story about brutal injustice against migrants and about oligarchy and corruption in media
December 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Democrats should go all in on blasting this out, both as a story about brutal injustice against migrants and about oligarchy and corruption in media
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epic will pay for every game that gets claimed this way so yes, you are still giving money to rowling (and by extension an international campaign against trans people) by claiming this
there are other, better franchises - let this one go
there are other, better franchises - let this one go
Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to give away this week's free game on the Epic Games Store.
Hogwarts Legacy is now at the right price: $0
Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to give away this week's free game on the Epic Games Store.
www.polygon.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
epic will pay for every game that gets claimed this way so yes, you are still giving money to rowling (and by extension an international campaign against trans people) by claiming this
there are other, better franchises - let this one go
there are other, better franchises - let this one go
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This is your reminder that nothing human-made is inevitable and you hereby have all the permission you need to reject bad/harmful social, technological, and political paradigms and to work toward something better.
June 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This is your reminder that nothing human-made is inevitable and you hereby have all the permission you need to reject bad/harmful social, technological, and political paradigms and to work toward something better.
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U.S. pals:
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.
There are better charities out there. Much better.
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.
There are better charities out there. Much better.
December 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
U.S. pals:
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.
There are better charities out there. Much better.
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.
There are better charities out there. Much better.
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This. This was the formative event of my generation & our entire politics in 🇺🇸. The structural break after which we were no longer a full democracy, when 5 Wizards In Robes decided they were a super-legislature & counting all the actual votes didn’t matter. The rest has been 25 years of commentary.
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
December 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
This. This was the formative event of my generation & our entire politics in 🇺🇸. The structural break after which we were no longer a full democracy, when 5 Wizards In Robes decided they were a super-legislature & counting all the actual votes didn’t matter. The rest has been 25 years of commentary.
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We're living through all this shit because the media wanted a disgusting pedo back in the White House and Joe was too much of a pussy to defend the country
One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them
December 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
We're living through all this shit because the media wanted a disgusting pedo back in the White House and Joe was too much of a pussy to defend the country
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a key part of the Trump 2.0 agenda has been a series of lopsided, precedent-ignoring Supreme Court rulings that basically make it largely impossible for regulators to do their jobs, but somehow journalists at key institutions don't think that's IMPORTANT FUCKING CONTEXT
December 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
a key part of the Trump 2.0 agenda has been a series of lopsided, precedent-ignoring Supreme Court rulings that basically make it largely impossible for regulators to do their jobs, but somehow journalists at key institutions don't think that's IMPORTANT FUCKING CONTEXT
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I know there’s a lot going on but are we ever circling back to the Epstein Files?
The president’s involvement with his best friend’s scheme of sex trafficking minors seems a little important
The president’s involvement with his best friend’s scheme of sex trafficking minors seems a little important
December 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I know there’s a lot going on but are we ever circling back to the Epstein Files?
The president’s involvement with his best friend’s scheme of sex trafficking minors seems a little important
The president’s involvement with his best friend’s scheme of sex trafficking minors seems a little important
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The President of the United States unilaterally levied a tax on all of us and is redistributing our taxes to a core segment of his supporters.
Trump: "I'm delighted to announce this afternoon that the US will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs ... and we're going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance. We love our farmers. The farmers like me ... $12 billion"
December 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The President of the United States unilaterally levied a tax on all of us and is redistributing our taxes to a core segment of his supporters.
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Segregation was not just a Southern phenomenon, it was a national issue. Explore the spatial history of racial segregation and discover how it connects to our communities today: greenbookproject.osu.edu #GreenBookProject #CommunityMap #EconSky
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Segregation was not just a Southern phenomenon, it was a national issue. Explore the spatial history of racial segregation and discover how it connects to our communities today: greenbookproject.osu.edu #GreenBookProject #CommunityMap #EconSky
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I’ll be streaming with famed American Girl Shoe Doll Designer Brennan Lee Mulligan!! Make sure to tune in Monday, Dec 8 at 6:30 PM CT on Twitch or YouTube!
Drop any snack-related questions I should ask below : )
@brennanleemulligan.bsky.social
Drop any snack-related questions I should ask below : )
@brennanleemulligan.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I’ll be streaming with famed American Girl Shoe Doll Designer Brennan Lee Mulligan!! Make sure to tune in Monday, Dec 8 at 6:30 PM CT on Twitch or YouTube!
Drop any snack-related questions I should ask below : )
@brennanleemulligan.bsky.social
Drop any snack-related questions I should ask below : )
@brennanleemulligan.bsky.social
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it cannot be said enough, and should be shouted from the rooftops:
this is a fake legal issue that's been backstopped by on-demand scholarship from academics who are part of the same project as the conservative justices. the "authority" they will cite is no better than citing AI slop.
this is a fake legal issue that's been backstopped by on-demand scholarship from academics who are part of the same project as the conservative justices. the "authority" they will cite is no better than citing AI slop.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court agrees to take up a challenge to President Trump's January 20 birthright citizenship executive order.
The court will hear DOJ's appeal of a loss below in a class-action challenge brought in the wake of June's decision limiting universal injunctions.
The court will hear DOJ's appeal of a loss below in a class-action challenge brought in the wake of June's decision limiting universal injunctions.
December 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
it cannot be said enough, and should be shouted from the rooftops:
this is a fake legal issue that's been backstopped by on-demand scholarship from academics who are part of the same project as the conservative justices. the "authority" they will cite is no better than citing AI slop.
this is a fake legal issue that's been backstopped by on-demand scholarship from academics who are part of the same project as the conservative justices. the "authority" they will cite is no better than citing AI slop.
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I've posted this a million times, but here is the million-and-first:
In 2000, these people were all on GW Bush's "Florida Recount" team:
- John "Just Calling Balls and Strikes" Roberts
- Brett "Roe is 'Settled Law' " Kavanaugh
- Amy "Confirmed 1 week before election" Barrett
In 2025 ... they rule
In 2000, these people were all on GW Bush's "Florida Recount" team:
- John "Just Calling Balls and Strikes" Roberts
- Brett "Roe is 'Settled Law' " Kavanaugh
- Amy "Confirmed 1 week before election" Barrett
In 2025 ... they rule
December 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I've posted this a million times, but here is the million-and-first:
In 2000, these people were all on GW Bush's "Florida Recount" team:
- John "Just Calling Balls and Strikes" Roberts
- Brett "Roe is 'Settled Law' " Kavanaugh
- Amy "Confirmed 1 week before election" Barrett
In 2025 ... they rule
In 2000, these people were all on GW Bush's "Florida Recount" team:
- John "Just Calling Balls and Strikes" Roberts
- Brett "Roe is 'Settled Law' " Kavanaugh
- Amy "Confirmed 1 week before election" Barrett
In 2025 ... they rule
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This kind of dataset is a clear indicator that propaganda plays a big role in people's political positions and acting like people are unshiftable is just completely detached from reality
Republicans increasingly oppose requiring healthy kids to get MMR vaccines to attend public schools
2016 19%
2019 20%
2023 42%
2025 47%
www.pewresearch.org/science/2025... 🧪
2016 19%
2019 20%
2023 42%
2025 47%
www.pewresearch.org/science/2025... 🧪
December 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This kind of dataset is a clear indicator that propaganda plays a big role in people's political positions and acting like people are unshiftable is just completely detached from reality
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This is probably the thing that’s driven me most to distraction and despair, even more than how infuriatingly committed the leadership is to ideological centrism and how unwilling they are to think big with policy
The Biden administration was a case study in lethal naivety in regard to power
The Biden administration was a case study in lethal naivety in regard to power
I don't think it really has much to do with what Ds do; you can't win every election.
the key is whether Ds are willing to crush fascism while in power, so that when Rs win they're no longer a fascist party.
the key is whether Ds are willing to crush fascism while in power, so that when Rs win they're no longer a fascist party.
I fear, though, that without substantial changes in how the Democrats approach politics we’re going to just keep pinging back and forth between the parties as incumbent after incumbent gets tossed in response to unrelieved and unaddressed suffering in the general public
December 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This is probably the thing that’s driven me most to distraction and despair, even more than how infuriatingly committed the leadership is to ideological centrism and how unwilling they are to think big with policy
The Biden administration was a case study in lethal naivety in regard to power
The Biden administration was a case study in lethal naivety in regard to power
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Here’s the problem as I see it:
Dems have TONS of folks focused on candidates and who they should be.
Dems have TONS of folks focused on platform and policy.
Dems have TONS of folks focused on polling, messaging and fundraising.
But Dems have NO FOCUS AT ALL on what I believe is our BIGGEST
Dems have TONS of folks focused on candidates and who they should be.
Dems have TONS of folks focused on platform and policy.
Dems have TONS of folks focused on polling, messaging and fundraising.
But Dems have NO FOCUS AT ALL on what I believe is our BIGGEST
December 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Here’s the problem as I see it:
Dems have TONS of folks focused on candidates and who they should be.
Dems have TONS of folks focused on platform and policy.
Dems have TONS of folks focused on polling, messaging and fundraising.
But Dems have NO FOCUS AT ALL on what I believe is our BIGGEST
Dems have TONS of folks focused on candidates and who they should be.
Dems have TONS of folks focused on platform and policy.
Dems have TONS of folks focused on polling, messaging and fundraising.
But Dems have NO FOCUS AT ALL on what I believe is our BIGGEST
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Our tax dollars pay for the Speaker of the House of Representatives to have a staff of dozens of people who keep him informed of current events around the clock, often even before they make the news.
It is offensive that our mainstream media never pushes back or even questions such an obvious lie.
It is offensive that our mainstream media never pushes back or even questions such an obvious lie.
RAJU: If defenseless survivors were killed, would that constitute a violation of the laws of war?
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
December 2, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Our tax dollars pay for the Speaker of the House of Representatives to have a staff of dozens of people who keep him informed of current events around the clock, often even before they make the news.
It is offensive that our mainstream media never pushes back or even questions such an obvious lie.
It is offensive that our mainstream media never pushes back or even questions such an obvious lie.