kent
@kentdowning.bsky.social
believer in truth
created November 27, 2024
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kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
ugh. we always knew bobby would fuck up everything he touched but i had a sliver of hope that maybe after having one too many teenage blood bags one evening he’d recklessly unschedule all the psychedelics rendering his existence slightly less than a complete blight on humanity but no such luck.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
oh, yes, of course. i thought this meant there had been a rescheduling action or executive order of some sort issued that i missed. makes sense now.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
says the man caught on camera elbow deep in his pants furiously trying to get his shriveled up pedo pecker to respond so he could use it to knowingly rape someone he believed to be only 15 years old.
29 U.S.C. § 157 (@organizingpower.bsky.social) reposted
If you had told me in 2012 that Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign manager would be posting like this 13 years later i would not have believed you
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
wait, there was federal action taken on decriminalizing ketamine and mdma?? i completely missed that.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
“we just, over the last few minutes, literally, shot a boat — a drug-carrying boat,’ Trump told reporters during an unrelated Oval Office event. He added there were “a lot of drugs’ on the vessel.” but not so many that we will recover any evidence of their existence
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
it’s gotta have doge’s grimy fingerprints and some of thiel’s stink too.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
it’s possible they’ll be edited but the systems they have been stored on are super robust with lots of redundancy and audit trails. there is no way they can completely scrub the evidence out of existence without a trace. far too many people, redundancies and systems involved.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
definitely not. this conversation has me reenergized and eager to affect change. seriously, thank you! ok if i ping you after reading your stuff?
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
going to hit the library right now and see if i can get it. should i read your research first or is the book a useful primer to better understand your research?
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
this week i’ve been teetering on the precipice of giving up. between feeling like im constantly hitting a brick wall on my personal journey and becoming jaded and cynical about humanity’s journey, i’ve really questioned how much longer i could keep it up. i’m beyond thankful for your inspiration.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
i’ve gotten so far as to understand, at least cerebrally, the effect trauma had on my brain, that there is a need for rewiring, and that the monoamines are a critical piece of the piece of the puzzle but really feel like i’ve hit a brick wall.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
i’m so excited to read your research!
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
i’m glad you’re not losing hope. i’ve been a lifelong optimist and for the first time ever i’ve found myself having days where i’m ready to concede that all hope is lost. and i really, really hate that.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
i would love to read your paper if/when you publish and/or share it publicly. i’m a super science of the brain nerd.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
it really does. it was my default mode for so long that i still catch myself instinctually going there when i feel like ive been “caught”
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
i love that so much!!
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
there it’s truly a special place in hell for clergy who hurt children. I’ve only very recently rediscovered spirituality and have fully come to believe that Christian nationalists and their ilk are wolves in sheep’s clothing, evil masquerading as angels. i’m so sorry.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
DUDE!! this is fucking wild!! it is uncanny how that’s universally true for me. i taught early in my career and thought it was my height and big features (kind of my own caricature) but after decades of the same response from every animal and child i’ve ever met, figured it must not be just that.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
that’s truly incredible. given the choice between having to rewire childhood trauma & heal addiction or scale mt everest to be able to live life well, i would choose everest 100/100. the other shit is hard!! i’m super thankful for you sharing that. i really needed a dose of inspiration today.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
jesus, i feel like we’ve walked similar paths. i’m 47 and still working to break completely free of my 25 year dance with dopamine. it’s a fucking monster.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
here. here.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
i grew up seventh day adventist in nebraska. i super feel you on the years of rewiring trauma. my experience was that few ever consider trying to break free, much less succeed in doing so. what inspired your leap out of faith? if not too personal.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
that wasn’t quite the full throated apology you deserved. let me take another stab—i’m sorry for shitty jab i took at you that began this back and forth. i appreciate your both your candor and willingness to take the high road and engage meaningfully with me even still.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
i respect that and appreciate both the level and degree of introspection and courage i’m sure it took to get to the place you are as well as your honesty and authentic engagement with me even though i opened with a shitty comment to you. very not republican! seriously, thank you.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
it looks petrified and fossilized, tbh
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
and to be clear the DNC has failed everyone except the party elders and the donor class. fuck the DNC and what they’ve done to destroy liberalism, contribute to the wealth divide and to the ascension of christian nationalism among republicans.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
because it is a very republican mentality, voting only for how a candidate may impact you without regard to their impact on other vulnerable and marginalized people, democracy, the rule of law, climate change, the global south, health care… i can name 1000 other reasons why i can’t square it.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
oof, even hiding behind the cloak of anonymity it’s kind of shocking you’re not too embarrassed about that choice to admit it publicly. you definitely should be.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
such a good word!
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social)
really interesting take and counterperspective to all of the ai companionship moral panic i’ve seen lately. medium.com/@weathergirl...
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
Mike Johnson is giving Ted Cruz a serious run for most punchable face on the hill.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
how dare you, this man has the mitochondrial fitness of an italian runway model in his prime. where most of us are running the equivalent of coal fired power plants, his cellular powerhouses are like lunar fission reactors—state of the art.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
i think you forgot the most important part—which of these mitochondria is challenged and causing its host to become inflamed and lose friends and which is the spritely, vivacious mitochondria whose host hasn’t a care in the world? or do you need a brain worm and a JD to make that diagnosis?
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah, but look at his face—mitochondrial ease all day long. that’s the definition of health…that nobody in their right f’ing mind wants.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
the water thing is just a misunderstanding of hydrogen fuel cell technology. the toyota mirai is a is a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. they accept liquud hydrogen as fuel and combine it with atmospheric oxygen to produce energy. water vapor is what remains as exhaust.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
Jarritos mexican cola is infinitely better than every other cola. it may or may not be an express pass to diabetes, but losing your feet never tasted so delicious.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
there’s always money in the banana stand. also, fuck trump and authoritarianism. AND ALSO, WHERE THE FUCK ARE THE ACTUAL EPSTEIN FILES??
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social)
So much this!! #MAGA please tell me you’re not this stupid. that you realize every single thing he does, speech he makes, and untruth he posts are lies. every. single. one. and they’re not even good lies. he lies as well as a 4 year old. you guys are smarter than this right???
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
no doubt. it’s just a shame they didn’t include hegseth in the signal group, he’d have added John Acosta for good measure and this would all be taken care of already.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social)
The statistical indicators are beginning to reflect what any poor or working class american could have told anyone asking weeks, if not months, ago—that we are in a recession. So why the f is Powell signaling a rate reduction now??
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
done and done
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
it shouldn’t. and didn’t always. i’m sure there is a real conservative who still exists in the US. somewhere. right??
Clay Nobles (@claynobles.bsky.social) reposted
The military presence is the first move in a plan to halt elections in 2028 NEWS: Trump did what I said weeks ago, moving National Guard into 19 states. AL, AR, FL, GA, ID, IN, IA, LA, NE, NV, NM, OH, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WY.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social)
The US is supposed to be a bastion of freedom and democracy. Today’s events prove that in less than a year, the circus show in DC has turned the US into a banana republic. what a fucking joke.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
Nope. i checked with Antoni. Yale is using Biden data. He said the true effective tariff rate amounts to a 26% tax cut for working americans. He also mentioned in the week since the old BLS lady got canned, prices have started going down. inflation gone. what a miracle. can you believe that? 🤷♂️
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
Our Predator in Chief, in addition to being a child rapist, russian apologist and the world’s worst economist, also gets very confused about the difference between moving forward and moving back.He just needs to release the Epstein files and take that off his mind.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social)
Putin, the jealous little man that he is, may have screwed Trump for what was sure to be a shoe-in candidacy for Nobel Peace Prize but nothing stands in the way of him being the first ever dual Medal of Honor and Medal of Freedom recipient. Prolly should throw in a purple heart for the cankles too.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social)
what’s the crime called when you obstruct the release of thousands of pages of irrefutable evidence that your boss is a pedo pos who was Epstein’s best friend and co-conspirator of an international child sex trafficking ring?
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
1985, Satan convenes his Evil Advisory Council (Stalin, Hitler and McCarthy at the time) bc while things were about as good as could be at the height of the Regan era, ~ 20 years out he foresaw a hegemonic shift towards world peace that he needed to torpedo, Stephen Miller is what they conceived.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social)
Ok, Bezos & Lewis destroyed the once great @washingtonpost.com, but even the sorry shell of a paper that remains should’ve caught the most important part of her statement, “as long as you’re white. This country’s just not ready for black and brown people to visibly carry guns.” Do better.
Mark Hamill (@markhamillofficial.bsky.social) reposted
Do you have access to the EPSTEIN Files? Want to be inducted into the Whistleblower's Hall of Fame, be glorified in history as the Savior of Democracy & have an annual holiday named in your honor? All of this can be yours if you simply: #LeakTheEPSTEIN-Files!* *victim's names redacted, of course
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social)
Doesn’t get more real than this. Moving to the middle is a losing strategy @democrats.org www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
Fake data. Trump said new stats guy crunched latest #s and import veggie prices are down avg 812% YoY. GREAT NEWS for MAHA! Esp bc HOTUS (Kennedy) planning MALFAGA (make america less fat & gross again) announcement—Mandatory Kale and Methylene Blue only diet until Thanksgiving for all Americans.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social)
I keep thinking Altman’s face looks like a cartoon character immediately after a knock-out blow but before they fall.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
Again, this entire reply is assumptions. And here i thought it was the MAGA republicans who were the biggest morons, i’m sad that you keep proving me wrong. But hey, if ignorant and angry helps you sleep at night you do you, I’m just not here for it. Buh-bye.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
No, you’re not. Nearly all your questions are asked in bad faith to try and frame what i have said as something nefarious that supports your preconceived notion that I’m a racist white guy trying to sabotage Jeffies and his constituents. Maybe a picture will help ⬇️
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
His birth certificate and Michelle letting go of her once toned biceps.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
this is the kind of genius i need more of in my life
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
Bahahahahaha. You’re really just embarassing yourself at this point. Also, all this anger and angst can’t be good for your health. You do you but i’m done entertaining your stupidity. I hope you find what you’re searching for.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
do you really not understand how quotes work or the definition of assume? that was a direct quote verbatim from you. i didn’t say or assume anything. if you’re legitimately trying to be a serious person you’re failing colossally.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social)
It would be a perfect Saturday if turns out Hegseth is the genius who left these docs on the hotel printer! Also, every photo ever taken of Witkoff would have made for a better headshot than the one in this doc.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
if you’d like to actually have a dialogue, i’m always down, but i’m not going to keep articulating my concerns and rationale just for you to call me a racist monster no matter what i’ve said because that’s what you seem to want me to be
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
what?? rather than taking what i say at face value, you keep assuming i mean something nefarious that also happens to support your preconceived narrative that i’m a racist idiot white guy who wants to ruin jeffries and disenfranchise his constituents.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
when and where did i make that assumption?
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social)
Honestly, if i was Trump and had to sit staring at Putin’s face full of well-structured collagen, unfairly high cheekbones, and smooth, even-toned skin with its distinct lack of wrinkles men half his age could only achieve with fillers and botox, I’d cut it short so nobody could see me cry too.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
At this point the only one who doesn’t know how to play him like a fiddle is Trump himself.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
not to get all woke about it but when it comes to a guy like trump, diapers supercede gender. all that matters is absorbability and leak-proofiness when faced with containment on several fronts— unparalleled girth, event notification systems failure, and high velocity contamination to name a few.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
“Hey Vlad, you got something on your tie there. That looks like Beluga caviar to me, let me get a little taste. Yep, that’s Beluga alright. Hey bag boy, make sure the King stocks plenty of this on the new ride. Oh, and tell him to send the bill for it to Netenyahoo for funsies.”
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
As long as i have your permission
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
“You can keep running. I'm done with you.” what happened?
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
he’s going to charge an export tariff on the gifting of alaska to russia.
Max Weiss (@maxthegirl.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Full on 90 percent of the Trump's popularity relies on other people creating fan fiction around him. (Which is so bizarre because he's the opposite of an empty vessel. He's constantly declaring, quite loudly, who he really is. And yet...)
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
Why would i need to run then?
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
If that helps you sleep, so be it.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
Bro, i seriously can’t. You’re too much. Like, seriously “Logic and morality are the way forward” is your headline but then you’re a machine gun blast of illogical, irrelevant, and ineffective accusations. I need some sleep. maybe you do too? Good night.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
Please tell me you’re just a poorly trained LLM with a short-circuit that’s causing you to be stuck in some bizarre infinite loop of “it’s raining racism everywhere!” If not, you are without a doubt the worst trolling troll who’s ever trolled.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah, I’ve articulated my thinking in every comment. What do two headlines, presumably not written by you (although who knows who “you” are since you hide behind the cloak of anonymity) have to do with your thinking or what you’ve concluded?
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
You think pushing a leader of the democratic party to support the candidacy of an African born, ethnic south asian running on a liberal socialist platform is about denying black leaders power so the nazis win? Are you sure you’ve thought this all the way through?
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
And yet everything he’s doing is about a 28 run for president not his constituents. A democratic socialist platform, like Mamdani’s, benefits virtually everyone except the ultra rich. Prioritizing a viable, Democratic party will serve his constituents far better than running for president
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
Doubt it. But let me reiterate, i don’t care about Jeffries, his electability, or the future of his political career. That seat’s always going to be held by a dem. That is if the party elders open their eyes and either change or get out the way. if they don’t, none of them have a political future.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
No, i called it home a long time ago, but not for 25+ years. my support of Mamdani and anger with Jeffries and the rest of the democratic party old guard is their unwavering commitment to a formula that’s failed from inception yet they are unwilling or unable to acknowledge and address that fact.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social)
Today Trump traded Alaska and all of Ukraine for Putin agreeing not to release the pee tapes (which obviously include Pedo Don doing his thing) until Trump leaves office. It’s why Trump looked like a deer in headlights, why the presser wasn’t and the luncheon was canceled.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
Bingo!
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
Bahahaha. That’s what you’re going with? Please do share the logic that got you to that conclusion. Not that such a big bark coming from an anonymous Jeffries pickme hiding behind a Bowie photo matters. at all. Seriously, you need figure out the source of your angst cuz you’re no Jeffries champion
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
People will be ignorant until they’re not. You seem like a good example of that.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
Sure. Now your turn. Stand with Mamdani
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social)
Breaking: Source says Putin Trump 1:1 conversation began extremely tense, however an early Trump quip about letting Putin borrow his peace prize set a relaxed and sometimes jovial tone for the rest of the mtg. After, Trump bragged of challenging Putin to a tickle fight for rights to Ukraine.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
Luigi/Sandwich Guy 2028?
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social)
Fucking bullshit. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social you’re being a fucking idiot. put the polls and the bid donors and the perpetual courting of the “independent center” aside and think about when Dems have been truly energized in the last 30 years. Bernie and Dean. Nobody else. the middle ain’t it bro.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
i wish i could speak not american football bc this sounds juicy
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
not for nothing but i’ve known my fair share of reformed trash bandits turned waste management security agents and they take their roles very seriously.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
OMG BAAAAHAHA
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
it’s so pathetic and embarrassing that he thinks Putin is his buddy while Putin thinks of him like a stupid dog who chases a thrown ball with all his heart only to realize it was a fake out. And despite the betrayal, all it takes is a “here boy” and Trump’s excited to chase the ball again. smdh
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social)
This thread captures more perfectly and succinctly where we are and what we need to do than anything else i’ve read anywhere.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
why do u libs care so much about dumb stuff? i cant recall a time i my doom scrolling wasn’t interrupted by commie sympathizers whining about trivial details like whether my comment was a legacy fact or an alternative fact or getting judgey about a fact’s truthiness. get a life, facts are facts.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
You’re a true patriot, an american hero and a hell of a journalist! thanks for all you do!
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social)
So much this.
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social)
A trial run to prepare for a marshal law declaration—a measure he sees as necessary to give him the authority to extrajudicially “remove” any obstacle on his path to installing a Trump dynasty in 2028. Lucky for him the new immigrant detention centers will be available by then. Insane?? What’s new?
kent (@kentdowning.bsky.social) reply parent
flashback to the Zoomer convos i had in 2020 and my failure to convince a single one that a Green vote was a vote for fascism. in retrospect, they were right. Dem party elders will never change unless the masses make them feel the demand. maybe it’s time to split the Dem vote and let it all implode.