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Ex physics. Software. Life-long observer of the public morality. Devoté of Poe's Law. Potentially voluble.
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is this a fucking joke

honestly I’m surprised it took this long for the bros to start to realize how cringe Elon is. Also this may mean that they aren’t scared of Trump

Sorry, liberals. Kamala Harris stood for election, the voters evaluated her, and they passed. That's why Elon Musk gets to rule your life for the next four years.

Elon Musk does need access to all your personal data and bank information. It's just not for the reason you think.

I want to say "better late than never," but unfortunately in this fight late is functionally equivalent to never.

“I feel so stupid, guilty, regretful—embarrassed is a huge one. I am absolutely embarrassed that I voted for Trump,” she said.

In case you were wondering how Fox News is covering the proposed cuts at the NIH:

"what if we resist with violence" is emotionally appealing. absolutely. it's also hard not to look at history and see it *tends* to be less effective. violence is precisely the tactical and narrative terrain the state wants to fight on. www.liberalcurrents.com/neonliberali...

Hint: they’re not happy about it

Reposted solely because "Papaya Pol Pot."

Trump benefited enormously from 2019 nostalgia that inter alia ignored that a lot of the worst stuff he tried to do was stopped by people in the executive branch he and his team made clear would not be similarly empowered in a second term

The SAVE Act is specifically designed to disenfranchise a ton of American women. Let us recall how many of the techbros now infiltrating the American government, like Peter Thiel, believe that women shouldn’t be allowed to vote.

Rape and the abuse of women are pretty much the core, central ethos and bonding activity of MAGA leadership.

If you’re a federal worker looking for a good accomplishment to share with Elon, tell him you responded to texts from the mother of your children.

A dear friend, who’s kind and bighearted and has worked in public service for decades in DC got doxxed with her face, job description, and salary on that fucking fascist “bureaucrat watchlist” website and I can’t say out loud what I want to do to these people. She “retired” today. 🤬🔪

Potentially deadly doxxing is now an official federal government policy.

this article is incredible (derogatory) thehub.ca/2025/01/13/g...

Here are five reasons to head to your local cineplex before Memorial Day, from a Steven Soderbergh spy thriller, to 17 Robert Pattinsons in a sci-fi cloning epic from the director of Parasite.

Oh the canary died of avian flu months ago

You know THEY know it's bad because they did it late on a Friday

I just realized if this Trump/Musk bullshit isn’t stopped it’s gonna completely fuck up Fat Bear Week come fall

I don’t think anyone has this in the pool yet so let me place my marker: Trump will try to pressure Washington’s NFL team to change their name back

When we re-write the Constitution for the Second Reconstruction, we need an elected office dedicated to empty theatrics so that if voters are determined to be awful it is restricted to ornamental nonsense rather than substantive policy

Remember @kenwhite.bsky.social’s Rule of Goats: if you fuck a goat “ironically” you’re still a goat fucker

Has the US ever before had the post of Grand Vizier? Is there any closer approximation than Edith Wilson?

*sitting next to a woman in her 70’s who worked with Fauci on AIDS research* woman: I never order tequila because when I order tequila the only two things I think are “every man wants me, and every man wants me naked right now” me: ok but what if I ordered tequila woman: listen

With Elon’s “tell us what you accomplished last week or you’re fired” emails: I can confirm that he didn’t limit himself to the executive branch. He sent them to employees of the judicial branch as well.

I hope one went to the judge in the case where he’s pretending he has no actual power

Shocker! Our story didn’t make Brian’s media roundup. Not deferential enough to the msm I guess www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

I take the bold stance that misogyny is extremely bad even when it’s applied to white cis straight women with federal jobs who kinda remind you of your mom.

It's truly amazing how stereotypically "racist strict father authoritarian" they are. Male > female, white > not, Christian > not — all of a piece with this hierarchical view.

Trump 8:04 am: Musk should "get more aggressive" Musk 2:46 pm: Plan of questionable legality & feasibility to (1) catch some govt workers unawares and oust them; (2) get others to quit b/c they dislike nannyish management; and (3) create a new pool of data DOGE can sift to fire people "for cause."

"The crowd again started shouting 'tax Elon,' 'tax the wealthy,” “tax the rich' and 'tax the billionaires.'" The county went 68% for Trump www.lagrandeobserver.com/news/local/r...