A U.S. president cannot be held accountable. Therefore, a U.S. president must never make a policy decision.

What's the Venn Dialogue of people who said not to use the term fascism and those who are telling people not to say abolish ICE?

I don't get too worried about slogans in general, and I think Abolish ICE is fine, even though it is wrong: CBP and all of DHS need to go. But ICE is what everyone is calling it, so that's fine. The thing about slogans is that if people can attach meaning they agree with onto them, that works.

No part of this post asks for advice, y’all.

Someone set fire to the only synagogue in Mississippi’s capital. No coverage yet in our nations leading publications, outside an AP story in WaPo.

-Hey pxlcrow, did you watch Pluribus? -Yeah. -Whaddya think? -That’s how I feel 95% of the time. Surrounded by positive-vibes-only people who faint whenever anyone speaks harshly to them, or expresses a serious thought.

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It is a misnomer to call Andreessen Horowitz a venture capital firm; a VC firm takes risk when making an investment. There is no risk for A16Z, they profit even from companies that never make a dime. This is why they are brazen enough to hire murderers with impunity. techcrunch.com/2026/01/09/t...

easy there, partner — looks like you were about to fedpost. the future we need can’t come to pass if the good people building it are in the hoosegow. leave them ornery thoughts in the holster

And this should be the platform default for all platforms starting with @bsky.app, @safety.bsky.app

And another less gentle reminder that when you post a horrific video of someone being murdered in cold blood you can tag it as graphic content and also give everyone a content warning. And you can also choose not to repost a video that doesn’t have that tag or warning.

to turn off autoplaying video on the bluesky mobile app select the icon in the top left corner go to settings go to content and media make sure "autoplay videos and gifs" is toggled off

re-upping this.

Also this. Which is part of the same thing. The performance of belief, and the belief of performance.

As @vortexegg.com has said before and I agree 100%, this is not really about covering up the crime or trying to protect the shooter. It is absolutely a performance by the regime to say “look what we approve of MAGA people doing” It’s a performance and celebration, not a coverup.

You do not need to watch a video of someone getting murdered. I would say this is true about EVERYONE, because you WILL fuck yourself up over time. But I know most people think they won’t be affected (completely false), or haven’t been (also completely false), while they demand everyone else look.

The thing is that many of you are already traumatized and don’t realize it. And you’re pushing for others to be traumatized, too.

I can't express enough what it means to be living in this time and place where half of our city council shows up for the community and swears at the appropriate times. The other half? The other half were endorsed by powerful regressive business associations and the police union.

I am *begging* Christians to learn about how other religions do religion. Your ideas are not normative for anyone else. Hell, this isn't even normative *within* Christianity.

It seems that the source of this claim was maybe Grok? Hard to imagine a palm or face large enough for this facepalm: bsky.app/profile/owen...

Still at 300/600. Shares help, and of course donos do too. Thanks in advance

Just in case anyone's thinking of quitting CBS News and doing something like The Real 60 Minutes on Substack, please don't do it on Substack. There are many alternatives.

In case you've seen the story about “grok now only generates images for paid users”, it's untrue. Apparently everyone just reported it because… it was what grok told them 🤦🏼 www.theverge.com/news/859309/...

at least 5 asian americans died in ICE custody in 2025

She was married. Her wife raised the child with her. Her father put it out that the boy "didn't have anyone," seemingly as a means of pre-emptively assuming custody over the child. To continue this narrative both insults the dead woman and adds to the surviving parent's grief.

I cannot stress enough that you should not do this.

Periodic reminder: This silliness doesn't work on me. Basically, "Black people are criticizing journalism? You know who else criticized journalism? Hitler!🤡" No. If cops lie (again), and newspapers print it (again), Black people are going to point it out (again).

Assume (correctly) that I know nothing about economics. Is it possible to exit the AI bubble without bursting it?

this is, perhaps, why the cat woke me up attacking my ankle. Honestly can't be mad about that

Folks, i don't even like Parker Molloy, and anyone who's still on Substack has no actual solidarity, BUT it's not "inciting furry hatred" to post a baffled skeet asking why someone is modding a game for children to give the characters giant boobs.

Rough vibes on this website today, likely because people feel Hopeless and Helpless Because Can't Stop It and No One Who Is Supposed To Is Trying To So Now We're Fighting Each Other™. I recommend activities such as book, or potentially instrument if you like instrument, or even do talk on phone.

I know liberals believe we latinos are a bunch of backwards, primitive wetb*cks who don't know how to run our own countries and homes throughout Latin America but your input is totally worthless and shouldn't ever be considered in a just world. I pray it becomes *irrelevant* soon.

This is so true It’s also why so many Ruby libraries are horrible to maintain IMHO; Ruby lets you do so many gross things in service of the API being nice to use. But then as the maintainer you’re stuck with it

This. Being anti imperial also means holding your own imperialism to account, which is something many fellow Irish people sadly lack. If we were good at holding ourselves accountable, discussing Ireland’s imperial past wouldn’t be such a controversial topic on Irish forums or in real life.

Like I said right away, besides everything else that's blatantly illegal and abhorrent about this, the whole VZ coup d'état is going to feed tankies till the next пятилетка...

I will now screenshot people in Latin and Central America getting mad at me the day after a country was invaded and their leader kidnapped and people killed and act like they are being hysterical because they are being sensitive to my American posts

some identify publicly with the left because they hate oppression, others because they hate being oppressed. things will make more sense when you keep in mind that these are not the same - or even similar

Read this thread. I don't know what to say, other than we can't live like this anymore.

if I’m “not allowed” to do any of that stuff then how come nobody stopped me

I am struggling with what might be a generational experience. The gulf war was pretty politically formative for me. It’s not history so much as memory this time. It is destabilizing to see almost the exact same gameplan but this time without the guardrails that at the time I took for granted.

he's just gonna keep doing illegal shit as long as everyone keeps letting him

Im in my late 40s, and im just flashing back to every ‘justified’ regime change and invasion for decades, every ‘weapons of mass destruction’ lie, every ‘evil communists’ trope bought and sold by politicians, journalists and people, and all the incredible suffering that followed

“10 Ways The Administration Tries To Manipulate You Through Spectacle. Number Five Will Shock You!”

Yeah, I think the funniest part to me is just how brazen it is. In the past this might have been a coup that was enacted through multiple covert operations. Now they just kidnap the guy and announce they are running the country.

You know what stops the spread of the flu? A respirator. N95 or better. Worn on transit, in indoor public spaces, and crowded outdoor areas. Even better if you add an air filter indoors.

One of my least favorite replies is "never heard of it" and its many variations. What purpose does it serve, besides announcing a gap in your knowledge while weirdly wrapping it in arrogance?

I find a lot of the parasocial chat about Mamdani & Duwaji a little not-for-me but one thing that strikes me most is that they're really just newlyweds navigating this extraordinary experience together. It's got to be such a stressful, absurd situation even for old married couples to go through...

I don't think people are retconning Bush II as better than he was, I think they're just enunciating what bothers them most about the current moment: loss of face and zero plausibility for USian exceptionalism.

you know what I’ll take the next bus, thanks