David Dickson @dickiddaveson.bsky.social · 1hLook, I appreciate the shoutout, but I fail to understand just what the fuck Kamala and “Mayo Pete” have to do with “collaboration with fascism”. Maybe they’re just people you don’t like. That’s valid, but totally fucking different. 000
David Dickson @dickiddaveson.bsky.social · 3hI recommend saying this exact sentence out loud, in Cartman voice 000
David Dickson @dickiddaveson.bsky.social · 4hThis is where I will defend you. The Lincoln Project, I think, is still a valuable group doing God’s work. It is nowhere near its size from 2020, seems to be single-handed by run by Rick Wilson, and runs on a shoestring budget these days. But IMO, AOC et al made a mistake dancing on its grave. 020
David Dickson @dickiddaveson.bsky.social · 4hYes, it is fun to argue on the internet and point out the people in our coalition we imagine are ”empowering Trump”, etc. He’s a vile man who should resign. This thing he said is further evidence. Don’t overthink it. 070
David Dickson @dickiddaveson.bsky.social · 4hJared is the poster child for every business guy in America who’s decided the smartest, savviest thing he can do is give a middle finger to everyone trying to stop literal dictatorship. He was once a historic liberal icon of Colorado. Shame. If you wanna know how we’ve gone fascist, see him. 1574
David Dickson @dickiddaveson.bsky.social · 5hHe probably got traumatized by the student dumbasses chanting “from the river to the sea” and decided his organization would ally with anyone promising to crush those people 110
David Dickson @dickiddaveson.bsky.social · 7hYeah. The bottom line here is that he's a vile piece of shit and needs to resign. We should treat this same as all the other disqualifying, unpresidential, hateful things he's said about Americans. Those applauding it in that crowd revealed their low character, also. 010
David Dickson @dickiddaveson.bsky.social · 8hHe was. It's just one of those things where the debate over it has no consequence. Anyhoo, he's a vile human being and he should resign. 020
David Dickson @dickiddaveson.bsky.social · 8hCan I be honest. It's often said that the problem with the American electorate is that too many of us go with our gut, rather than our brain. I think, in the case of the elites, it's the reverse. This Baker uckturd seems to go with his "galaxy brain" rather than what values he has left. Tragic. 000
Reposted by David DicksonChris Labarthe @chrislabarthe.bsky.social · 13hWhat about a trireme full of duck-sized horses vs a SOTL full of horse-sized ducks 0271
David Dickson @dickiddaveson.bsky.social · 17hReal talk: Not ghostwritten (it’s far too hamhandedly written in an old-man fit of agitprop-y sadism to be anything but genuine), but this novel probably inspired more addled, pro-Russia Trump chuds at the current State and Defense Departments than all the memos and briefs there combined: 030
David Dickson @dickiddaveson.bsky.social · 19hI’m watching her on mute. Twitching. That smug, self-congratulatory face. 000
Reposted by David Dicksonmorrowind.txt @morrowind-txt.bsky.social · 20hWell, at least being cold, wet, and miserable all the time gives us plenty to complain about. 0208
Reposted by David DicksonSE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 03/10/2026this has the unfortunate impact of causing me to breathe fire at groups of people who are like 70% or 80% excellent human beings on a 1:1 basis i nevertheless feel compelled to do this until i see evidence of less Satanic rulership 32247
Reposted by David DicksonSE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 03/10/2026while i am commenting on this: i have reached the end of my rope with this sort of thing and my current point of view is that the weird monks should not be allowed to disavow their satanist wing, and also that their satanist wing appears to mostly rule them and tell them what to do 938334
David Dickson @dickiddaveson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026My god She’s like the quintessential rich old lady yelling at clouds 000
Reposted by David DicksonJonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Sandballin us 631331192
David Dickson @dickiddaveson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Sadly, he can only be impeached for blatant corruption, crimes, or malfeasance. Not being a redpilled, brainwashed moron, unfortunately. Which, it’s generally believed, Polis has become. Of course, the line between the two is increasingly fuzzy these days. 160
Reposted by David DicksonDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 06/10/2026as longtime readers know i am a longtime hegseth hater, but i think bouie is right here to note that hegseth's remark that "trannies" are out of the military is, by itself, an impeachable offense obviously much else besides, but i want to dwell on thisyoutu.bePete Hegseth: Bully, Bigot and the Biggest Loser ImaginableYouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie 41021188
David Dickson @dickiddaveson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026To be clear: I revile this mentality and consider it toxic. IMO, it’s fertile ground for aristocracy, and basically antithetical to work ethic and everything we strive to inculcate in our kids. Not sure how to purge it from our system. Maybe if we stop esteeming sports so damn much. 010
David Dickson @dickiddaveson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026We figure if certain people seem to hit homers with far less effort than others at age 10—and that big money rides on that observation—that must surely hold “true” for everyone in everything. To be sure, we respect striving—but only in the case of people who already show early “potential”. 😕 110
David Dickson @dickiddaveson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I think it comes mostly from sports tbh. If Jonathan V. Last is to be believed, anyone who’s ever gonna do sports for any amount of money (even a teeny tiny partial scholarship) resembles a different species at single-digit age. That maxim I think colors our approach to “striving”. 110
David Dickson @dickiddaveson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I realize I’m alone in this, but: My first thought in reading this is the old Nytol commercial jingle: 🎵”Viiiiitooool will help you get your Z’s!!”🎶 We laugh so we don’t cry. 😕m.youtube.comNytol - Will Help You Get Your Z's - Commercial Jingle (1986)YouTube video by member berries 010
David Dickson @dickiddaveson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The "insider" defending her with AI-generated puff phrases cracks me up. Bari was just obviously was a Trumpist stooge from the beginning. Her only purpose in this whole era is to get vengeance on libs who've disagreed with her her whole life. She's a "journalist" with "ideas" like I'm a stripper. 060
Reposted by David DicksonAbandoned America @abandonedamerica.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Opened in 1920 and closed in 1979, the Victory Theatre in Holyoke, MA has been abandoned for 47 long years. Once a palace of laughter and light, now it has sat in darkness longer than many people have been alive. Read more at www.abandonedamerica.us/the-victory-... 16410
David Dickson @dickiddaveson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Jared Polis is a Twitter-redpilled doofus whose brain has been baked by the Internet and his ever-shrinking inner circle of dumb rich friends. A pox on him and his claims. 160
Reposted by David DicksonOut of Context Simpsons Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @ooccouchgags.bsky.social · 06/10/2026 621735272
David Dickson @dickiddaveson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Bottom line: If you want to be a superstar, raking-in-money celebrity in the 2020's, especially one appealing to the young, the incentives regarding specifically protesting Trump mostly run against it. Because he's a subversive, unserious, celebrity. And therefore, not "wise" to oppose in earnest. 000
David Dickson @dickiddaveson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Examples abound. Katy Perry openly campaigned for Hillary, and arguably lost her star in the pop firmament as a direct result. Taylor Swift, even when she openly opposed Trump. . . did so thru a single Instagram post. Then moved on. Frankly, the only celebrities really going after him are old. 100
David Dickson @dickiddaveson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026There's also the unfortunate truth that even in its heyday, protest music was hardly partisan. At best, it railed against "The System", which encompassed all mainstream politicians. To effectively oppose Trump, you must, definitionally, be partisan, and support mainstream politicians. Problem. 😕 100
David Dickson @dickiddaveson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It's also a partial answer to the question "why is there no dadgum protest music these days". Popular music tries to be "cool", to be "subversive", to be, well, popular. Trump is a celebrity, subverting the world we live in. Protesting him, even if you dislike him, is uncool almost by definition. 100
David Dickson @dickiddaveson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026DoD depends for much of its capabilities on SpaceX They're afraid he'll just jump ship and move to China, and that Trump will send troops to their state on top of it all 000
David Dickson @dickiddaveson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It's mostly a punditry thing, I think. At least one big-name columnist at the Atlantic openly tweeted "I assume the Senate is lost now that he won the primary, and my job is to defend those hopefuls left from his fallout." Easy for some to mistake "pundit I hate-watch" for "dEmOcRaTs". 000
David Dickson @dickiddaveson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026What the fuck is wrong with Bari Weiss Is there just no moral center at all inside that bespectacled shell 010
David Dickson @dickiddaveson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026“and all the powers of HELL!!! 👿 👿“static.klipy.comMaleficent Dragon TransformationALT: Maleficent Dragon Transformation 010
David Dickson @dickiddaveson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I was one of those strange children for whom it was merely “delightfully weird”. Now, Secret of Nimh—THAT was some terrifying stuff. Neverending Story, double that. 110
Reposted by David DicksonAnjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I'll be live-posting through part of today's General Debate at the United Nations General Assembly--at least through the first few speeches (UN Secretary General, Brazil, US, etc) 923579
Reposted by David Dicksonmorrowind.txt @morrowind-txt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Go away! I don’t have any treats! 15935
Reposted by David DicksonNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026In 2016, media was so enthralled by a Republican criticizing George W. Bush for Iraq that they didn’t care that Trump’s criticism was not enough war crimes or resource theft. And when Russia attacked Ukraine in 2022, the push to blame it on America, especially Biden, came from right and far left. 111213
David Dickson @dickiddaveson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026More than anything, they just want to pretend it isn’t happening. They’ve got more fun, exciting, thrill-tickling things to think about. Anything but brute, cold, hard reality. 😕 000
David Dickson @dickiddaveson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026But bottom line: Those consciously on Russia’s side on this are likely outnumbered by those who take their side out of obtuse reflex. Because they desperately want to believe, somehow, anyhow, that the second Cold War we’re in with Russia now is somehow avoidable, or our fault, or whatever. 120
David Dickson @dickiddaveson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026And yes, some of said nitwits are consciously being paid by Russia or otherwise controlled by them. (A mild example: Glenn Greenwald is almost certainly having Edward Snowden’s well-being hung over his head. To say nothing of less mild examples, like Jared Kushner.) 130
David Dickson @dickiddaveson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026My belief is that most of said obtuse nitwits don’t actually have any thoughts or considered views on Russia or Putin. Rather, they are annoyed by any talk of Russia at all. To them, it’s a distraction from what they want to talk about. Like space, or Mars, or whatever. Tim Urban—classic example. 130
