efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 15hIt must be so easy to be a political doomer. If all the options are equally bad, there's no point in even thinking about politics - let alone trying to make things better. You're off the hook! 000 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 16/10/2026I wonder if Elon would have any influence over what Paxton did in the Senate. 050 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Does it pose any *new* hard questions? 3100 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 10/10/2026As I'm sure you're aware, you can't tell what most users think based on the comments you get. Most of us rarely or never post. 030 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It's hard for me to feel too much scorn even for teachers who really don't give a shit, at least in public schools. They have very difficult jobs and they make very little money. People used to respect them, but that seems like it's slipping too. 000 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Seems like it might make a difference if we'd built the aliens. 000 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Is that better or worse than Breck? 101 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Is there a pasta alla yankovic yet? 000 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Imagine trying to be helpful to your constituents. 000 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Hey, at least you didn't build the dog. 050 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 23/09/2026That sounds like a pretty popular agenda. 010 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Hard to believe any significant number of people actually like this stuff. 001 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 02/09/2026It's fine with me if Democrats in battleground districts need to talk shit about more liberal Democrats to win elections. But calling DSA a "dire threat" is just ridiculous. 000 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Is it too generous to assume he just doesn't want everyone talking about investigations until after the midterms? 000 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Unless the error rate is essentially zero, it seems like this would amount to eliminating the option to vote by mail. 100 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 01/09/2026He should frame this as a problem with Trump, not as a problem with Americans. That's not only correct - it's also a better message strategically, because it'll help Democrats in the midterms, and a Democratic Congress can restrain Trump. 010 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I'd be more surprised if Kash *hadn't* at some point paid for sex. 010 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Well, now that he's openly flirting with switching parties, he'd better either go for it or retire. Democrats aren't going to nominate someone they know has seriously considered switching sides. 000 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Unless Trump pardons them all, a lot of DHS employees are going to prison under the next Democratic administration. 040 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The US is executing a reverse Atlas Shrugged. 000 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Did you abandon what you were working on, or are you a monster? 010 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Can Trump actually be prevented from implementing the new tariffs? I think most people who are paying attention know that they violate the USMCA. 000 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Great, now you've infected my brain with other people's misspellings. 010 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I like how the NYT waits until the final paragraph to reveal that there's video of this guy committing the crime. 0704 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 27/08/2026What a depressing question! 000 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 25/08/2026So *that's* where the guys in Sales come from... 000 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 25/08/20261) When a player in his prime changes teams, how much harder does that make it to predict his fantasy value? How often is there a dramatic jump in their fantasy PPG? 2) Is the size of a new contract a useful variable for predicting fantasy value? 000 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Well said. I just would've made fun of the notion that what this clown does is labor. 030 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 25/08/2026We need some hero to pants him. 100 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Okay, so it's not time to panic yet. But we'll get there. 000 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 24/08/2026(Not that anyone should care if we had a trade deficit...) 000 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Canada should still go ahead and implement their tariffs before the midterms. 030 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 23/08/2026He's just dumb. People want it to be more complicated than that for some reason, but the president is a dummy. 1190 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 23/08/2026As a Justified fan, from my perspective he can do no wrong. 010 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 22/08/2026If we can nuke a hurricane, we can nuke the bond market. 000 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 20/08/2026This sentence also just doesn't make sense. The promises have been hampered? 000 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 19/08/2026David Axelrod may have been at the top of the political strategy game 20 years ago, but the game has changed. 030 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 19/08/2026This is the kind of thing that would've buried Trump if he'd run for president in any previous era of American politics. 021 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 19/08/2026MRP = multi-level regression and post-stratification No follow-up questions, please. 020 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Come on, the aging pop star's quest for one more #1 hit is a fun plotline. 000 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Subjecting op-ed columnists to standards? What will the radical left think of next? 000 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 18/08/2026In retrospect, that really doesn't sound like something Greg Abbott would do. 001 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 18/08/2026That looks looks way older than Ben. 000 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Wow, Steven Cheung's avatar pic is actually very flattering. 040 0
efficientcicada.bsky.social @efficientcicada.bsky.social · 17/08/2026In his defense, the president has no idea where we have military deployments. 000 0
