ZonkerB
@zonkerb.bsky.social
anarchist bent but lack any agape for the human species; lotsa love 4 all my non-human relatives
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lol. Have you no decency, sir?
The acting head of ICE couldn't believe that I would question his agency's use of masked, unidentified agents to sweep up student immigrants during *police week*. Have I no sense of patriotism????
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May 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
lol. Have you no decency, sir?
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Them: You have to choose the lesser evil.
Me: But they're still evil.
Them: But the greater evil is more evli.
Me: The lesser evil is STILL evil.
***LATER***
Them: Why are things getting more evil?
Me: Because the lesser evil... is STILL evil.
Them: Why isn't the lesser evil working???
Me: But they're still evil.
Them: But the greater evil is more evli.
Me: The lesser evil is STILL evil.
***LATER***
Them: Why are things getting more evil?
Me: Because the lesser evil... is STILL evil.
Them: Why isn't the lesser evil working???
April 18, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Them: You have to choose the lesser evil.
Me: But they're still evil.
Them: But the greater evil is more evli.
Me: The lesser evil is STILL evil.
***LATER***
Them: Why are things getting more evil?
Me: Because the lesser evil... is STILL evil.
Them: Why isn't the lesser evil working???
Me: But they're still evil.
Them: But the greater evil is more evli.
Me: The lesser evil is STILL evil.
***LATER***
Them: Why are things getting more evil?
Me: Because the lesser evil... is STILL evil.
Them: Why isn't the lesser evil working???
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I think this is an example, too, of your point that the emperor doesn't need you to *believe* he's wearing clothes. He only needs you to *behave* as if you believe. "Just say yes."
May 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I think this is an example, too, of your point that the emperor doesn't need you to *believe* he's wearing clothes. He only needs you to *behave* as if you believe. "Just say yes."
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“Why don’t you just say, ‘Yes, he does,’” Mr. Trump finally said to Mr. Moran, “and, you know, go on to something else.”
once again feeling the need to stress that a society interested in maintaining its basic functions needs to impose costs for baldfaced lying
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/u...
once again feeling the need to stress that a society interested in maintaining its basic functions needs to impose costs for baldfaced lying
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/u...
Trump Insists Abrego Garcia Has ‘MS-13’ Tattoo Despite Evidence of Altering
The White House declined to explain why President Trump did not appear to realize that the photograph he held up on social media had been altered.
www.nytimes.com
May 1, 2025 at 9:07 AM
“Why don’t you just say, ‘Yes, he does,’” Mr. Trump finally said to Mr. Moran, “and, you know, go on to something else.”
once again feeling the need to stress that a society interested in maintaining its basic functions needs to impose costs for baldfaced lying
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/u...
once again feeling the need to stress that a society interested in maintaining its basic functions needs to impose costs for baldfaced lying
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/u...
Smart tech would not have been an acceptable trade for the freedom of NOT having smart tech!
My teenage niece and nephew were pitying me because we didn’t have smart phones growing up and I was like, kids, let me tell you about a glorious reality in which you could lie to your parents about where you were and, if you were smart, they’d have no way of knowing.
April 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Smart tech would not have been an acceptable trade for the freedom of NOT having smart tech!
less ‘has become’, more like ‘showing true colours’
Gavin Newsom calls Kilmer Abrego Garcia a “distraction” @washingtonpost.com
What an absolute disgrace he has become.
Beyond repulsive and shameful.
What an absolute disgrace he has become.
Beyond repulsive and shameful.
April 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
less ‘has become’, more like ‘showing true colours’
Ghouls are in charge of “both sides of the aisle” …
What does it take for someone's soul to be this emptied
April 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Ghouls are in charge of “both sides of the aisle” …
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interesting because some shitty people on this website insisted to me that he might have committed a crime and therefore deporting him was justified, despite the Trump administration not even alleging one bsky.app/profile/adha...
"The two-page memo, which was obtained by The Associated Press, does not allege any criminal conduct by Khalil"
"Rather, Rubio wrote Khalil could be expelled for his beliefs."
Free this man immediately.
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"Rather, Rubio wrote Khalil could be expelled for his beliefs."
Free this man immediately.
apnews.com/article/mahm...
Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs
The U.S. government has submitted a two-page memo from Secretary of State Marco Rubio as its main evidence in its deportation case against Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil.
apnews.com
April 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
interesting because some shitty people on this website insisted to me that he might have committed a crime and therefore deporting him was justified, despite the Trump administration not even alleging one bsky.app/profile/adha...
Ma used to tell anyone she spoke to that “we live in a fascist country” & i want to kick myself for every time i tried to tone police her into a “more reasonable” position 😿
Americans are hilariously bad at identifying fascism until it's too late because the whole society is constantly marinating in it, and correctly IDing it would mean tagging some of their "common sense" assumptions
April 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Ma used to tell anyone she spoke to that “we live in a fascist country” & i want to kick myself for every time i tried to tone police her into a “more reasonable” position 😿
delayed “some” of this. Still would have been aiding & abetting genocide.
April 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
delayed “some” of this. Still would have been aiding & abetting genocide.
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He’s in 3rd grade. Same age as my son.
ICE knocked on the wrong door.
No crime. No reason.
He was handcuffed. Detained.
He’s 8 years old.
This should shatter you.
It should enrage you.
No matter your politics, NO ONE should be okay with this.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
ICE knocked on the wrong door.
No crime. No reason.
He was handcuffed. Detained.
He’s 8 years old.
This should shatter you.
It should enrage you.
No matter your politics, NO ONE should be okay with this.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
April 7, 2025 at 3:18 AM
He’s in 3rd grade. Same age as my son.
ICE knocked on the wrong door.
No crime. No reason.
He was handcuffed. Detained.
He’s 8 years old.
This should shatter you.
It should enrage you.
No matter your politics, NO ONE should be okay with this.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
ICE knocked on the wrong door.
No crime. No reason.
He was handcuffed. Detained.
He’s 8 years old.
This should shatter you.
It should enrage you.
No matter your politics, NO ONE should be okay with this.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
that one bright moment during covid when more than 6 ppl were pointing out that “getting back to normal” was a provenly bad goal to have, as ‘normal’ was NOT a place many saw as healthy or helpful towards living decent lives.
Our first priority is not thinking about the historical and material conditions that got us here. It’s getting back to the status quo that led us to this place
April 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
that one bright moment during covid when more than 6 ppl were pointing out that “getting back to normal” was a provenly bad goal to have, as ‘normal’ was NOT a place many saw as healthy or helpful towards living decent lives.
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The University of Michigan Black Student Union has released a statement on the dismantling of DEI at the institution.
"To Santa Ono: You are a coward, and bending to the will of fascists will not save you.
To the regents: We see you for the racists you are."
Via: www.instagram.com/p/DH1qbq8JpvJ/
"To Santa Ono: You are a coward, and bending to the will of fascists will not save you.
To the regents: We see you for the racists you are."
Via: www.instagram.com/p/DH1qbq8JpvJ/
March 30, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The University of Michigan Black Student Union has released a statement on the dismantling of DEI at the institution.
"To Santa Ono: You are a coward, and bending to the will of fascists will not save you.
To the regents: We see you for the racists you are."
Via: www.instagram.com/p/DH1qbq8JpvJ/
"To Santa Ono: You are a coward, and bending to the will of fascists will not save you.
To the regents: We see you for the racists you are."
Via: www.instagram.com/p/DH1qbq8JpvJ/
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This is the op-ed Rumeysa Ozturk co-wrote in 2024 criticizing the Tufts administration’s response to student demands for action regarding Gaza and Israel. It is unquestionably speech protected by the First Amendment.
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www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024...
Op-ed: Try again, President Kumar: Renewing calls for Tufts to adopt March 4 TCU Senate resolutions - The Tufts Daily
The independent student newspaper of Tufts University
www.tuftsdaily.com
March 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This is the op-ed Rumeysa Ozturk co-wrote in 2024 criticizing the Tufts administration’s response to student demands for action regarding Gaza and Israel. It is unquestionably speech protected by the First Amendment.
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www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024...
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www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024...
The USA should not/cannot be redeemed. Born of wanton cruelty & violence, it should pass mired in the same.
Look at how these people—these very image-conscious people—want the world to see them.
March 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The USA should not/cannot be redeemed. Born of wanton cruelty & violence, it should pass mired in the same.
The USA should not/cannot be redeemed
This is going to get worse, not better. Never underestimate the American public’s thirst for performative cruelty towards The Other: defendants, foreigners, anyone they’ve been conditioned to see as less than human. We’re the country that made lynchings into picnics.
Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem making content in front of the imprisoned men of El Salvador's notorious Terrorism Confinement Center mega-prison www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
March 27, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The USA should not/cannot be redeemed
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Abolish ICE should be seen as the moderate position. They're going to like the alternative even less
I don’t want to hear one fucking person tell me ever again that “abolish ICE” is too radical as a stance or a slogan
March 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Abolish ICE should be seen as the moderate position. They're going to like the alternative even less
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Yeah almost like the u.s. constitutional order was a working agreement hacked out by a powerful military figure and oligarchs who hated each other but hated the possibility of popular upheaval reducing their wealth and power even more.
alright here's a Take: checks and balances (and federalism) were supposed to protect against tyranny. But instead they just prevented a "tyranny of the majority" from doing universal health care and gun control, and it turns out they do basically nothing to stop an autocrat
March 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Yeah almost like the u.s. constitutional order was a working agreement hacked out by a powerful military figure and oligarchs who hated each other but hated the possibility of popular upheaval reducing their wealth and power even more.
This is going to be my reaction to each craven capitulation to fascism in the USA …
March 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This is going to be my reaction to each craven capitulation to fascism in the USA …
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This is
1.) irredeemably monstrous and reason enough for Chuck to not only be booted from politics but also this entire star system, and
2.) notably the exact same argument *every* génocidaire in human history has used to excuse their actions, up to and including Adolf Hitler.
1.) irredeemably monstrous and reason enough for Chuck to not only be booted from politics but also this entire star system, and
2.) notably the exact same argument *every* génocidaire in human history has used to excuse their actions, up to and including Adolf Hitler.
The Senate Democratic leader says it can’t be genocide if you were “provoked.”
That is just a stunning thing to believe let alone say on the record.
That is just a stunning thing to believe let alone say on the record.
March 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This is
1.) irredeemably monstrous and reason enough for Chuck to not only be booted from politics but also this entire star system, and
2.) notably the exact same argument *every* génocidaire in human history has used to excuse their actions, up to and including Adolf Hitler.
1.) irredeemably monstrous and reason enough for Chuck to not only be booted from politics but also this entire star system, and
2.) notably the exact same argument *every* génocidaire in human history has used to excuse their actions, up to and including Adolf Hitler.
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Palestine was the test to see what they could do. Not standing in solidarity with Palestinians was not only a major moral and ethical failing it was a strategic mistake that everyone will pay for.
February 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Palestine was the test to see what they could do. Not standing in solidarity with Palestinians was not only a major moral and ethical failing it was a strategic mistake that everyone will pay for.
Certified Jank.
I'm definitely going to take some time to think about how I edit for situations like this in the future -- it is weird to bend news writing towards uncertainty about longstanding legal precedent just because this scotus is jank af.
March 19, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Certified Jank.
law is always whatever the ppl with the most firepower backing them up say it is 🤷🏽♀️
the ftc thing was a really weird one for me, I def had a moment because it's not a typical thing where what's in dispute are the facts -- the executive is disputing whether humphrey's executor is still valid law, which it is until scotus says it isn't, but also, what is law these days
I understand why people feel this way, truly. But it’s news writing 101 to avoid language that prejudges legal outcomes, even when they may seem obvious. It’s the same reason you’ll see stories about an “alleged” shooter or a “suspect” even if three people saw them do it.
March 19, 2025 at 4:35 AM
law is always whatever the ppl with the most firepower backing them up say it is 🤷🏽♀️