Reposted by CarlWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 04/05/2026You have really interesting things to say, but the way you post is very annoying. Could you change your personality so I could more easily engage with your content? 715010 150
Reposted by CarlAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 28/02/2026there are a lot of people working in the government right now who want to intentionally trigger an apocalypse to create the conditions for the return of jesus christ and I know how crazy that sounds but its absolutely true 314100202540 10K
Reposted by CarlTom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Definitely the first State of the Union where the president talked about the military killing unarmed fishermen as a laugh line 15372591707 7.3K
Reposted by CarlWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 26/01/2026part of why we are driving ICE absolutely mad is that we are using tactics that do not really permit them to legally arrest us. they cannot operate the way they want to operate when we have eyes on them. they want to be a secret police and we simply will not let them be secret 344458649 4.5K
Reposted by Carlae @aelkus.bsky.social · 06/10/2025absolutely nothing discredits “longtermism” more than how much of these freaks are only belatedly realizing how much of a mistake it was to bandwagon with Trump 1453768 537
Carl @carlsomeone.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Well, I guess my personal opinion is that, even in shitposts, we should hold ourselves to *higher* standards than whatever the fuck it is the Atlantic does actually. You clearly know that if you were being published in the Atlantic you could say whatever you want as long as it’s vaguely on brand. 000 0
Carl @carlsomeone.bsky.social · 17/06/2025And speaking of bad writing: I should not have written “she clearly thinks” the family should have the choice. Only that she clearly states that they were denied it. 000 0
Carl @carlsomeone.bsky.social · 17/06/2025I’m familiar with “to be sure” lines, and definitely see them everywhere already. I don’t necessarily agree that’s what this is. But as I’ve said in other replies, I think it’s fair to doubt her sincerity when she says it. I basically think it’s a bad piece, *and* I think it’s being misrepresented. 200 2
Carl @carlsomeone.bsky.social · 17/06/2025I think it’s completely reasonable to doubt her sincerity. But I think it’s important to criticize the piece she actually wrote and not a caricature of the piece that was reconstructed by extrapolating from its most offensive few sentences. Which is what I see happening. 210 2
Carl @carlsomeone.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Yeah, I just disagree about that last part. I think if you’re interested in discrediting Liz Bruenig, then assuming the worst and denouncing her for what you assume her position to be is counterproductive. It will be a satisfying sermon for the choir, but discredit you in the eyes of the unconverted 300 3
Carl @carlsomeone.bsky.social · 17/06/2025To clarify: I don’t share your opinion as to the absolute degree of ghoulishness, but it was certainly phrased callously and I do think it’s entirely fair to question the sincerity of the family consent piece given her overall bad track record on the issue. 000 0
Carl @carlsomeone.bsky.social · 17/06/2025I think that’s reasonable. I also think, having looked at a lot of the other replies and quote tweets, that the selective cropping has led a lot of people down a path of boxing with a straw-man version of the article. Which then makes the criticism seem hollow to people who read the whole thing. IMO 200 2
Carl @carlsomeone.bsky.social · 17/06/2025FWIW, I think it’s a badly written article that doesn’t do a very good making the points it seems to be trying to make. I also think Bruenig is completely and utterly wrong about abortion. But OP’s screenshot misrepresents her position. I think that’s bad and makes the criticism look disingenuous. 110 1
Carl @carlsomeone.bsky.social · 17/06/2025I mean, my assumption going in was that would be the ground on which Bruenig would like to fight. And OP’s screenshot reinforces the idea. But if that were the case, why would she follow up by saying the family was denied a choice *and* that they are in the best position to speak on Smith’s behalf? 200 2
Carl @carlsomeone.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Yeah, it’s not a very well written article. Still, I think it’s bad to misrepresent people’s positions and lie about what they believe even if they’re people we disagree with. (As I do with Bruenig: she is completely and utterly wrong about abortion.) 040 4
Carl @carlsomeone.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Yes, I agree. And based on the rest of the paragraph, which was cropped out, so does Bruenig… 130 3
Carl @carlsomeone.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Sure, but I also think Valenti’s cropping choice gives a pretty warped view of what Bruenig was actually saying. Based on the rest of the paragraph, she clearly thinks Smith’s family should have been given the opportunity to choose. In the absence of an advance directive, that seems correct, no? 410 4
Reposted by Carlpixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Notice how Super Mario and all his supposed “enemies” are happy to get together and go go-kart racing? Wake up. It’s all kayfabe 7272811024 7.3K
Reposted by Carlstatic @static-prevails.bsky.social · 18/04/2025(through clenched teeth) issuing correction on a previous post of mine, regarding conservative columnists david brooks and bret stephens. you do, under some circumstances, "gotta hand it to them" 225231 252
Reposted by CarlOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 06/04/2025can't normalize without normies. make your peace with this now 5181661414 8.2K
Reposted by CarlGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Elon Musk has been a walking SEC violation for a decade and no one cared. The entire Trump era could have been avoided if the US took white collar crime anywhere near as seriously as it does low level drug crime. 243157604414 15.8K
Reposted by CarlJames Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 14/03/2025wow, r/neoliberal is really going off on Schumer 321506165 1.5K
Reposted by CarlBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Only takes 23 Senate Democrats to remove Chuck Schumer from leadership and replace him with someone willing to fight 182104322357 10.4K
Reposted by Carldell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 09/03/2025having been in many rooms where protests are initially orchestrated, i can say sights like this are a highly desired outcome. protests are inherently theatrical & part of that is triggering state actors to unwittingly adopt the role they were born to play. 11880571455 8.1K
Reposted by CarlKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 05/03/2025THAT DIDN'T TAKE LONG: Plaintiffs in one lawsuit against DOGE have alerted the court to President Trump's remarks tonight calling Elon Musk the "head" of the office. 298167174157 16.7K
Reposted by CarlElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Trump: I’m going to kill your loved ones. Democrats: [wave placard] Trump: Especially the black ones. And the gay ones Democrats: [strenuously wave placards] 18064881379 6.5K
Reposted by CarlPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 05/03/2025hey guess what trump's numbers about social security are total horseshit www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... 12965642033 6.6K
Reposted by CarlAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Trump backed GOP into a big corner with his “balanced budget” point. The ONLY way House GOP could even think about upholding their “no cuts to Medicaid” swing seat promises and their spending cut mandates is deficit spending and bad math. Now they have to gut Medicaid & hand it to Elon in public. 1119298244403 29.8K
Reposted by Carlrev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 05/03/2025senator jamelle bouie, imo 2162252 622
Reposted by CarlRebecca Traister @rtraister.bsky.social · 01/03/2025In recalling all the abusive behavior, please don't sleep on the fact that Cuomo was ALSO corrupt, dishonest and bad at his job! 363174548 3.2K
Reposted by CarlSage Deviant 🏳️⚧️ @trans.bsky.social · 27/02/2025damn dude that was incomprehensible but good luck with being divorced & sucks you’re in a k-hole or whatever 1021429106 1.4K
Reposted by CarlBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Five alarm fire. www.politico.com/news/2025/02... 701115153608 11.5K
Reposted by Carlsarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 21/02/2025elon musk at cpac was so fucking weird you guys I know this reads like a parody but I literally just wrote down what happened www.theverge.com/elon-musk/61... 24660731273 6.1K
Carl @carlsomeone.bsky.social · 18/02/2025DOGE published their “receipts” and only fraud I see is DOGE fraudulently claiming entire value of Blanket Purchase Agreements that were averaging *way* less spend/year than the total cap implied. E.g. Dept of Ag was on track to spend $1.5M over 5 years on DEI, not the $25M DOGE claimed as “savings” 000 0
Reposted by Carlmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 17/02/2025i know there's a lot of data that making people who are members of a cult feel like credulous rubes just gets them even more into the cult but, with trumpism, i think the people we need to convince are not the cultists but the marginally attached low-info voters so maybe mockery is good? 4076967 769
Reposted by CarlMatt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 16/02/2025i am, for what it is worth, somewhat optimistic that this will all end terribly for these people. 3175061 750
Reposted by CarlMicah @rincewind.run · 16/02/2025a whole bunch of people seem to have decided that because Trump committed a bunch of crimes on the way out the door the first time that him returning to office with 49% of the vote is a mandate to rule as god-emperor forever no matter what he does this is craven and stupid and a huge mistake 111275176 1.3K
Reposted by Carl☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 14/02/2025you hate john podesta for something something rigged against bernie crankery i hate john podesta for his key role in the decision to roll OFA into the DNC and smothering it instead of building AFO we are not the same 212313 123
Reposted by CarlTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 14/02/2025the perfect picture to illustrate what might well be the apex of plutocracy in human history 32662187 662
Reposted by Carlrev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 14/02/2025the party first demands a monopoly on any kind of left-of-center energy and then screams at anyone who tries to harness it for anything other than responding to five hundred identical panicky texts every day during election season 729425 294
Reposted by Carlrev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 14/02/2025it would be nice if every time there were a civil society organization which tried to do this, the party did something other than just hit them up for checks and then scold them for doing anything 852653 526
Reposted by CarlDrew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 13/02/2025The "large scale social deception" contract Musk is conspiracizing about was: * first awarded under Trump * paid to Reuters' data division, not the newsroom * for researching *defenses* against deception * not revealed by "DOGE investigations" and was a public record, visible online for many years 17654541945 5.5K
Reposted by CarlPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 13/02/2025the idea that these tech guys are opposed to "government waste" is so completely fucking ridiculous. they feast on government waste. DOD budgets are a bloated mess. the pentagon has failed 7 straight audits. the big beneficiaries are tech companies providing defense services. 5762411166 6.2K
![Musk: Well, President, uh, President Milei has a gift for me.
Schmitt: [hamming at camera] Javier Milei from Argentina, you guys know who that is, right?
Milei, a friendly-looking figure who resembles Bilbo Baggins right before he Smeagolifies, enters the stage carrying a chainsaw. He presents the chainsaw to the billionaire, who then waves it around unsteadily.
Musk: This… is… the chainsaw for bureaucracy. [pumps the chainsaw in the air] CHAINSAAAW!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4t2ziwnnescprzorvmrfduey/bafkreiaq5wpff25isb2ylypajpm57h5xlpb7ms6ws4fghayhnge2wqqbom)
