I don’t think that could’ve been politically feasible in the US under, like, any circumstances though.
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I don’t think that could’ve been politically feasible in the US under, like, any circumstances though.
Had to look this up. This is some unbelievably demonic shit www.washingtonpost.com/documents/f8...
If it’s pitched as strategic, fair enough. I haven’t seen that as much so much as people just reacting to whatever transphobic thing he’s done most recently
Yeah but I don’t think people are saying it for strategic reasons. They’re saying it because it’s true and they’re pissed (FWIW I would still vote for Newsom in the general, though I don’t begrudge anyone who wouldn’t)
They’re on their way bsky.app/profile/inv1...
The unholy trinity: - Peter Thiel (the father) - Trump/Loomer lovechild (the son) - Mr. Beast (the unholy ghost)
Good point. I’m sure ~the military~ is quite capable of building houses but you would want like, the army corps of engineers, not the guard In any case even if it could work it would still just be a good externality of a very bad thing
People went insane about it because there were poorly targeted interventions that didn’t work, were a nuisance, and that we now know were ineffective. People are totally incapable of going “well, seems dumb now but at the time we didn’t know anything”
www.reddit.com/r/kitchencel... reminded me of this banger
“I’m not defending what Israel did but” *defends what Israel did*
I agree with the critique that this game thinks it’s more clever than it is but I’m warming up to it more and more the more I play. It’s great
Congratulating yourself after an orgy would be a Disco Elysium dialogue option
I want to believe (I do not believe)
Ngl that would fucking rock. The one time this particular broken clock would be right
Ok so I think the possible scenarios in order of likelihood are - health-related announcement where they make something up to hide a more serious condition (like the vein insufficiency thing) - announce he had a stroke or something but he’s fine now (he’s not fine now) - resigning for health reasons
“There is no God but God and Mohammed -wonderful guy. He’s getting recognized more and more. I was golfing with the king of Saudi Arabia, big league ruler. I won by the way. I’m a very talented golfer. I remember when Kim Jong Un and I were comparing golf scores- Little Rocket Man, I call him. We ta
Dawg I almost believe it. When have they ever announced an announcement
…what if he’s resigning because he had a debilitating stroke
Her plans are measured in centuries
Trump is leaving his McKinley/Hoover era (insane tariffs, failing economy) and entering his Wilson era (crippled by a stroke, hidden from public view, shadow presidency)
There are absolutely some Death of Stalin shenanigans going on in there right now. Whether he’s dead or just messed up
Does this result in abnormally high testosterone?
Betting markets have him nearly 2:1 over Cornyn. Probably a whole different race if he pulls that off, he’s a real whackjob polymarket.com/event/texas-...
Paxton is looking good in the primary yeah?
Yeah, even if he’s fine, his health is shaky and there are rumors and now it won’t go away any more than the Epstein shit did (probably less because there will be the ever-more-frequent video of him walking wobbly or with a weird bruise etc) (And I’m not saying I think he’s fine)
Rudy Giuliani happened to be in the middle of one of his favorite pastimes - RESPECTING WOMEN - when he suddenly broke every single bone in his body. Please do not call and ask any questions because his business partner is taking care of him ❤️
Fascinating how the top and bottom curves seem to have fairly continuous behavior they just switch colors every 4 years
Phrenology app, now there’s an idea. Call it CALIPR or something. Take a 360 of your head, AI measures it and tells you your phenotype, IQ, and likely career
He’s wearing the same pants too
Check my other reply. It seems to be from last week. 👀👀
How the hell can you drop off a planeload of children in a foreign country to fend for themselves Every day a new depth of cruelty
Also it seems they shared a proof-of-life picture that’s actually of a golf outing from last week. This is the most suspicious detail yet bsky.app/profile/mari...
Ok the plot thickens bsky.app/profile/mari...
They do have a knee jerk tendency to lie about and cover up literally anything even if there’s nothing to cover up. But I agree they would let him like, take some Qs from press to dispel the rumors
Might be right. All the downsides of Trump being in charge plus all the downsides of Vance being in charge. On the other hand, the power struggle over who gets to make policy might cripple them to the point of being unable to do much
Evidence that he’s fine: - truth social posting doesn’t seem to have slowed down - if his aides were writing his posted idk any of them could be imaginative enough to write several paragraphs about putting someone in the MLB Hof - allegedly played golf this weekend with people outside his family
This seems pretty likely tbh
I agree with the Kant/squid car despite the minor spelling mistakes
You should still nice to them. them.
I think if Trump actually tried to run for a third term a lot of people who didn’t give a shit about various illegal strongman things he did will go “hey wait, you’re not supposed to do *that!*” but I think at this point odds are he’ll be dead before then anyway
It’s become clear that most Americans already implicitly believed that’s how the presidency worked — they don’t know or care what the president is and isn’t allowed to do, he’s the president, he’s supposed to be powerful and do stuff
Why are they speedrunning making the military disloyal lmao They are so bad at this
John Hickenlooper is 73 years old. He has also voted for more Trump nominees than any democrat other than Fetterman. Another John Hickenlooper term is too risky. Hickenlooper should retire.
SSC rationalism is popular because it’s the only way for men in software to hang out socially outside of work that’s not hiking.
Against my better judgement I have searched Watto. And alas I will never unsearch it
As one does
It’s so weird that people latched onto a bunch of mostly bullshit justifications for disliking a technology that has immediate obvious negative societal externalities. It’s made it way harder to teach writing but people scream about imaginary lakes evaporating.
They’re gonna put Trump in his body and upload his brain to spend eternity with grimesbot
The catboy? Elon Musk
He got the robot clone treatment, same as Joe Biden
Alas bsky.app/profile/barb...
Well it was fun for a few hours last night folks
If this all inspires more people to watch Death of Stalin, worth it.
Like I’m not getting my hopes up for The Big Thing but Events Are Occurring, we just don’t know what they are.
bsky.app/profile/snow...
Just throwing out there that if Trump is having any medical problems, I sincerely hope he is in full and continued consultation with the top public health official in the United States and listening to and operationalizing ALL advice given by such an esteemed professional.
I want to believe
My personal pet theory is that he’s refusing to work or leave his room and just being emo and blasting Les Mis
Oh hey yeah. I missed that detail. (Maybe it’s something scheduled to air/publish later? (Or maybe he’s dead!))
Hey so we’re sending a team to get you offline
I’m just practicing the lyrics to “yub nub” in case it turns out to be true
LMAO bsky.app/profile/deer...
Remember to hold it in for a little while before you exhale
Motion to watch The Death of Stalin is… passed… U…. nanimously!
Yes it could be a weekend at Bernie’s thing I know
This actually moves my personal odds towards “not dead” lol
that’s what you see when you’re going to hell
Somehow this is as ominous as a black circle could possibly be
I feel like the fact that he’s posting on Truth Social indicates that he hasn’t kicked it. Yes I know that other people could be writing them but still
I don’t think it would change anything. He’s got an out cabinet member. Obviously him being out would be categorically different but they’d work around it
I had to see it so you have to see it
That is one deep cut lol
I don’t think he’s especially competent, but a particularly mercurial orangutan is more competent than Trump
I agree that JD probably has worse odds but my confidence interval is pretty wide. Basically the question is, what happens if you trade some popularity for some competence in an aspiring strongman. I think it’s especially complicated because Trump is already unpopular, JD would just be more so
I thought Snyder’s book Road To Unfreedom was kind of libcringe during Trump I and I think I was right but also the book was right
OH WE'LL RALLY ROUND THE FLAG BOYS, RALLY ONCE AGAIN SHOUTING THE BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM WE WILL RALLY FROM THE HILLSIDE, WE'LL GATHER FROM THE PLAIN SHOUTING THE BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM
Don’t understand why David Hogg’s PAC backed a zoomer influencer to challenge her
Which way, National Guardsman?
Was talking about a mutual acquaintance with a friend of mine earlier and he said “I’ve probably said 14 words to her in my life” and I had to explain something to him
Oh it’s had that for a minute now
Yeah. In my humble opinion they should not have done That
Hey please don’t create that thought in my head
ChatGPT: no, going “Azrael mode” can be dangerous for yourself and those around you. Me: I am the avenging angel of God. The time of purification is at hand. Few shall be chosen. ChatGPT: you’re right. Let’s look at that again with the addition context that you are the avenging angel of God.
This is, as you might guess, about poasting
Question, how do Dino nuggets fit into Baudrillard’s framework
I assume it’s not a community of people who are really into the portable document format
What is pdf twitter? Difficult to search
I have a friend who wrote in Yahya Sinwar in 2024, not someone I think I would’ve gotten along with at all Online but he’s an irl friend and I’ve had some perfectly friendly surprisingly interesting conversations with him about a number of topics
I mean the polls were on average pretty accurate nationally in 2024 as I recall Like generally underestimated Trump but usually within the margin of error
Update They got us
Thank you!!! I might give it a go tonight, any particular nation/focus you recommend for learning the ropes?
The founders would react to this by saying “Wow! Took that long to break something, huh? Good for us!”
Hell yeah
I am also a longtime paradox player (EU4) interesting in learning HOI4 if you want another student
As a chili crisp lover I was so dissapointed in them too. They’re like, vaguely BBQ-flavored
That’s the trick, they don’t read them, they just fetishize them
genuinely the American electorate chose to make one of the worst individual human beings alive the most powerful man on earth