Over on Whatever, a brief(ish) examination of my expectations for the incoming Administration. whatever.scalzi.com/2025/01/17/w... - ThreadSky

scalzi.com • 37 days ago

Over on Whatever, a brief(ish) examination of my expectations for the incoming Administration.

https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/01/17/what-im-expecting-from-the-new-administration/

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tphmike.bsky.social•36 days ago

👍👍

mvsamuel.bsky.social•36 days ago

Best of luck with your deadline.

transits00.bsky.social•36 days ago

Four years, John? Unless at least one chamber can be reclaimed in 2026, I doubt we'll ever have another free election without armed revolt. I'm not confident the fix isn't already in. If the precedent of violating posse comitatus occurs, game over.

billbullock.bsky.social•36 days ago

Thank you for your service

kevinmichaellynch.bsky.social•36 days ago

They definitely are without BrainPals! Idiots.

briandr.bsky.social•36 days ago

We have had it too good here, being stupid isn’t painful enough. Dumb Americans see themselves as better than the upwardly mobile immigrants who make it to America through unimaginable hell and then build themselves into something.

rootwyrm.com•36 days ago

To give you some idea of how fucked we are, I was listening to NPR.

They were earnestly talking about how Biden may give preemptive pardons to democratic lawmakers and others likely to be targeted by the incoming "administration."

That's not a warning sign at all, nope!

rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social•37 days ago

November 5/6 was the beginning of the national nightmare. I know many people who feel the same way, and we recognize each other by our haunted gaze.

rivetgeek.aggregatecognizance.com•36 days ago

Cross out "beginning" and replace with "continuation".

rebelshepherdyarn.bsky.social•36 days ago

Fair point. Let's call it an inflection point.

briandr.bsky.social•36 days ago

I see you.

jasdoutho.bsky.social•36 days ago

Those of us who voted early and for Kamala felt like we were waiting for a biopsy only to find we have stage 764 cancer along with Alzheimer’s Disease and ALS.

b0bsmith.bsky.social•36 days ago

I plan on cutting the crusts off of my poop sandwich, it's a little more palatable that way.

ladylawyer.bsky.social•37 days ago

Well put. My expectations are officially managed. When can we start nominating cats for cabinet secretary? #HeraForCommerceSecretary

jasonpolkovitz.bsky.social•36 days ago

Yeah. Pretty much what I expect, too.

letoti.bsky.social•37 days ago

The "we’re likely going to spend all the rest of the time I’m alive recovering from it." bit scares me.

acoto5252.bsky.social•36 days ago

What yu said it’s true as it will be We are fucked for a very long time

nightshiftxtech.bsky.social•36 days ago

Traitors are going to treason. The entire executive branch,a majority of the SCOTUS, and his Cabinet deserves the 1789 treatment..

geekgyrl.bsky.social•36 days ago

We are supremely fucked.

za5vod.bsky.social•36 days ago

McConnell's legacy is going to be that he could have prevented Trump. Unfortunately, the far right GOP had already learned how to game the system even more, so even if he had stopped Trump, it might have only delayed things.

This time is going to be even worse. I'm afraid for my job.

cricketb.bsky.social•36 days ago

When post-secondary schools can only draw from the top 1%(who can afford to go), the top 1% are going to learn what it's like to have incompetent professionals and lack of research.

humbuckermudgeon.bsky.social•36 days ago

Leopards gotta eat.

dkbuddychrist.bsky.social•36 days ago

Remember when COVID hit & some experts warned that 100k could die, and most people, including other experts said that was alarmist…then a million died and we shrugged?

When I tell you the US mil will be shooting Americans in the street it sounds alarmist; in 3 yrs we’ll shrug and say “of course.”

msamios.bsky.social•36 days ago

Yep.

That's all I got after reading the blog entry.

I'm going to go hide inside my pillow fort for now. Other than voting, most of what is going on is outside my sphere of influence, so I will just continue posting poems and re-posting stuff that makes me feel happier.

peterson342.bsky.social•36 days ago

If you’re wrong it’s probably going to be worse.

wabisabihobo.bsky.social•36 days ago

All of us are now on a 'deadline'. Should've chosen the liveline!

eskyroo.bsky.social•36 days ago

We'll stated, unfortunately. All success on the deadline. Curious though: Are these your deadlines, the publishers or negotiated? Is this the "tour while your hot, where's that new album" music business model?
Creating IP as I recall, but I 🤮 deadlines, ESPECIALLY other people's. Lived the Corp ver.

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