mattweiner19.bsky.social
Philosopher at UVM. he/any pronouns. Likes cats and weird improvised music. Last name rhymes with "meaner." Self-photos are of Art Garfunkel.
8,969 posts
1,504 followers
607 following
Regular Contributor
Active Commenter
comment in response to
post
Bigger Brothers (official name is "Brother from the Same Planet")
comment in response to
post
it seems that some earlier post of theirs failed to spark joy
comment in response to
post
I went to kernunno's profile to gather more information on their deal, but somehow I have already blocked them
comment in response to
post
no extra credit for guessing the first name of Willam C. and Willam K.'s father, or of Bill's son
comment in response to
post
if FamilySearch is to be believed (which is not always the case) then Bill Wimsatt is first cousins once removed with the intentional fallacy guy--his father, William A. Wimsatt, was the son of another Willam C. Wimsatt, whose brother was Willam K. Sr., the father of Willam K. Jr.
comment in response to
post
I remember "After the Quake" as being very good
comment in response to
post
it's like revealing that Musk is an apartheid supporter from an apartheid family, it's unarguably true and won't work as a magic wand to defeat him
when these people can get away with Nazi salutes, isn't any *revelation* that will destroy them
though "we don't have a king" is a start
comment in response to
post
yeah, there's not too much serious question that he has shady Russian ties, and he got help from Russia in 2016 in shady ways, and also he sides with Putin because they're both on Team Evil
and that none of this really helps us smash the GOP-Musk regime
comment in response to
post
We’ve let the losing side of a Civil War fly the loser flag for over a century, honestly surprised it took this long for the same people to openly sympathize with Nazis
comment in response to
post
I was going to cite Steve Bullock, though honestly I think if that race is in '26 Bullock has a shot
...maybe not literal Bullock, since he's been off the scene, but Dems need to run someone good in Montana in '26. Tester/Brown revenge tour?
anyway KY is even further right than MT
comment in response to
post
in a word where Beshear wins the KY race, he's not in the minority
(ME and NC will easily have flipped, and probably OH too)
comment in response to
post
I would argue yes--I'm not talking about hardcore MAGA types, but like non-politics-obsessed people who see headlines in the drugstore or when they open a new tab on their browser or something
comment in response to
post
haha, I am demonstrating the problem--thus ironically proving myself right
comment in response to
post
disagree; the concern is over what journalism is conveying to most people who aren't politics-addled freaks on bluesky (us), and that is what is in the headlines, not what is between them
comment in response to
post
For those who doubt
comment in response to
post
www.baseball-reference.com/register/pla...
comment in response to
post
why not both
comment in response to
post
this is another part that I doubt. (along with the part about his introducing himself as "Razin.")
definitely the fact that Trump is appointing him at all is a bad sign, but it's hard to sort out what might be true from what Trump is using as a prop in his self-aggrandizing stories.
comment in response to
post
I have questions about the charities supplying Russian drone operators with goggles, and I don't think they're the same questions as that guy has
(they seriously are questions though. what?)
comment in response to
post
Michael not that I wish this player any ill or have any desire for him not to make the team but if he doesn't make the team, I offer this headline:
Detroit Options Will Vest
comment in response to
post
Attending the University of Pittsburgh was a critical transition period for me in life. It's also how I discovered the labor movement and decided to go to law school in the first place. This sucks.
comment in response to
post
I would describe the situation the way the first sentence of his Wikipedia article does at the moment, and it seems strange to me that Gorsuch is describing the dismissal as if it has already been accomplished.
comment in response to
post
yes, sorry, I wasn't quibbling about "Special Counsel" but "until recently." Isn't he still in fact serving as Special Counsel? Because the TRO has prevented him from being removed?
Gorsuch says that he has been removed, but he's still there
comment in response to
post
should I find it weird that Gorsuch wrote "Until recently, Hampton Dellinger served as Special Counsel, the head of the Office of Special Counsel" when, as a result of the very litigation in question, he is still serving as Special Counsel
comment in response to
post
I'm trying to squeeze a reason to be optimistic out of it haha
comment in response to
post
also IMO Dem voters polling as wanting the party to "be more moderate" doesn't mean that a Tea Party moment would make them more moderate.
in 2009 mod/lib Rs were less happy with R leadership than cons--not clear R voters on the whole wanted a move right.
www.pewresearch.org/politics/200...
comment in response to
post
yeah, I think that as @occamshavecream.bsky.social said, "I want to bathe in the blood of the GOP" is an ideological position with real policy implications even if it's orthogonal to M4A
bsky.app/profile/occa...
comment in response to
post
I was hoping that it was a sign that the editor is doing something other than "rejecting in accord with the reports" but I guess not
[I should mention that I area edit for a journal--the system that journal uses would probably be sending me some agitated automated emails after a couple weeks]
comment in response to
post
btw, and I don't mean this as a criticism at all, but does anyone else find that the Murderbot books have what I call New Order syndrome, where the books are very vivid but it is absolutely impossible to remember which title goes with which book?
comment in response to
post
only read the first three books and... ok I was going to paraphrase but Murderbot obviously says it better than I could
comment in response to
post
and repeating the proposal he made in 2016 for dealing with judges of the opposite party would arguably be a federal crime
comment in response to
post
as many people point out, they made Jimmy Carter give up his peanut farm
comment in response to
post
ah it's fine, I thought it was going to turn out to be some sort of thing where JD Vance turns picked up on some Moldbugized distortion of the beetle in the box in order to argue for white nationalism
I am a bit jumpy these days
comment in response to
post
oh no, who what now
comment in response to
post
we owe a bunch of French philosophers an apology