DHS said don’t put it in the newspapers that I got mad

Can you imagine if this was happening WITHOUT social media? We’d be in an absolute dark zone

Laying on this pile of laundry that needs folded before bed, imagining I’m a 14th century peasant laying on the bounteous hoard of textiles I’ve accumulated

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

(Neuromancer: best book ever)

Gonna read Neuromancer again as a calming, comfortable retreat from reality

Thank GOD for microblogging sites

I look pretty normal and innocent in the real world, so until I start talking people don’t know I’m a debate monster who’s always sitting on a pile of words. I am my own podcast no one records

And today I’m looking at Stephen Miller’s waxy Gumbo face explaining calmly how they’ve destroyed the department of education and now they’re going to educate our children in American patriarchy. Do I need to get people a library card or smelling salts or what

People who get mad when I say “the government has fallen,” what confirmation are you waiting for? Do you expect Chuck Schumer to go up there and say “the government has fallen, sorry,” no! You need only observe the evidence. Here’s a fucking thread for you 1/x 🧵

Government is both haunted and drunk

You should sign up for this. Yes you. It will make everything feel more manageable and you’ll feel lighter carrying it

John Fawkes. Guy’s a mensch

An antidote to despair and cynicism -- academics studying countries facing autocratic takeovers document that more than half of these episodes lead to "U-turns" and more than 90% result in strengthened democracies. Up to us to make it so! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Is it weird that I’m more calm (now that the situation has become truly dire) than I was on the afternoon of 11/8/24 or is that just the trauma conditioning kicking in

[looking at everything] this really speaks to how fucked up everything is

Think about it: the first “big name” account here was AOC. Most if not all of the leftist thought leaders who bother with social media of any kind are here. Engagement is up, right-wingers are unable to gain traction, and centrists are finally exposed for just being boring/not that good at politics

The “Bluesky is dying/too radical/irrelevant” stuff is ALSO propaganda, designed to make us lose enthusiasm for our platform and discourage new sign ups. They know we’re the digital organizing hub of the left and they don’t like it. We were supposed to die with Twitter

Question for you Ezra, what the fuck do I want a democracy for if it’s not to protect my right to go ask a doctor to do a procedure on my body so I don’t have a dangerous/geriatric/ectopic pregnancy and fucking die? What use is winning elections if I can still be told “no, govt says you should die”

The Democratic Party is not just a political platform to advance its members' interests, but a moral coalition to defend their rights and liberties from infringement. And sacrificing that in a misguided attempt for electoral gain would be not only political suicide but moral abdication.

All of what Michael said, and also, Andor *IS* pretty good leftist literature. A dramatic staging of a just rebellion counts

Healthcare is a human right—no exceptions. Every other developed nation provides some form of universal healthcare. It's unacceptable that the U.S. does not.

2. The answer to what ails us from all the center-y white guys in Democratic politics cannot constantly be - ask everyone but people who look like them to give up fundamental rights. That’s actually not how you build the Democratic coalition that has won in the past.

Don’t mess with us. We like the youth in the eighties

Again Bouie from the top rope

Giving in to threats has historically only ever *increased* their use as a tactic & I just genuinely cannot stress enough how badly Dems are failing to meet the demands of the moment across every metric.

Google was cool and fun and good before but now Google is a pile of wet newspaper

On repeat: This Year @themountaingoats.bsky.social “There will be feasting and dancing in Jerusalem next year!!”

You can do it for free. It’s not illegal

Brett with some solid Bluesky propaganda avoidance/reduction advice — block the account with 60k+ following/followers, an AI pfp and dozens of #resist tags in their bio, IGNORE what they say or debunk it, then promote Actual Experts and verified true news outlets. We need to clean up the sludge

She was also the chair of the DGA last I checked, and on the few occasions I had to meet with her and observe her leadership directly, I have to say she impressed me enormously

[a megaphone in Kansas] TRY IT EZRA

Of course you can trust me. I’m the Dragonborn

Please stop casting evil spells on me. It’s mean and it hurts my feelings

I hope y'all enjoy this. Please forgive the additional hoop of needing to DM me before I'll give you access to the doc. For reasons that will become apparent, I need to confirm you're a real person before I can let you in on a little secret about my friends everywhere...

I’m writing this now, stay tuned. Will be a google doc with dm required to access

What a dirtbag

Blocking the driveway is some baller shit for a sitting lawmaker! That’s some Boston shit!!

If I did a “how to spot, limit, and avoid the long-term effects of propaganda” overview, would anyone be interested? Serious question — it can hurt you even if you know it’s lies. I have tactics and strategies gleaned from my comms work and studying how all this machinery works on our nervous system

[mom] what are you up to? [me] just on my couch watching our first amendment rights burn, you? [mom] stuffing cash in a mattress, as usual

Me having conversations with liberals

That settles it. I’m asleep

This image is incredible

Thunderstorm, comfy robe, couch, Douglass’s Oration

Another tactic to look out for is they’ll cast things wildly over the line (e.g. going after anyone who is uncivil about the martyr), then be forced by popular outcry to retreat somewhat — but their new position will be far worse than the status quo before their overreach. The pushback is priced in

Government by a pack of dogs barking at an airplane