Reposted by Carlsbad Jr.Carlsbad Jr. @kabulykos.bsky.social · 8hThis Israel/Rwanda analogy is so much better than the "who really wants another Serbia in the Levant" I had been using 011
Reposted by Carlsbad Jr.Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 03/10/2026yeah as much as they like to bark about fitness, if it was ice agents they'd get to keep their chairs 0192
Reposted by Carlsbad Jr.Carlsbad Jr. @kabulykos.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The other night i dreamt of someone playing this weird musical instrument with mallets and when I looked up close it was like 6 or so copies of that damned radiator getting banged on like windchimes 092
Reposted by Carlsbad Jr.rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 30/09/2026the foundation of the state of israel 3879
Reposted by Carlsbad Jr.Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Something remarkable is happening: James Talarico is running an expansively pro-immigrant campaign in Texas, a state Trump won by 14 points, speaking in Biblical terms about our duty to "the stranger." And it's resonating. That's seismic. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2160...newrepublic.comIn Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s FaultThanks to the economy and ICE, Trump has lost Texas Latinos. And James Talarico is developing a humane pro-immigrant message that’s resonating—even in this ultra-Trumpy state. 983863980
Carlsbad Jr. @kabulykos.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Books shall be cooked until m̵o̵r̵a̵l̵e̵ ̵i̵m̵p̵r̵o̵v̵e̵s̵ we're all cooked.nbcnews.comWhy the CDC edited a key Covid metric, and what it says about the state of the virusCovid infection counts are increasing in more than half the country. 000
Carlsbad Jr. @kabulykos.bsky.social · 23/09/2026As a fellow high-yellow I can't decide which black dude embarasses me more: Alex Karp 🤧 or Tristan Tate 🐓 121
Carlsbad Jr. @kabulykos.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Glad the 3rd Amendment is getting its duenbcnews.comRubio defends Trump’s banning media organizations, arguing there aren’t ‘soldiers kicking down the doors’ of the outlets“They’re just not allowed to work from the workspace at the White House,” the secretary of state said in an interview on “TODAY,” referring to CNN, Politico and MS NOW. 010
Carlsbad Jr. @kabulykos.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I guess that post-midterm $5000 check will be a surrender refundnbcnews.comTrump tells U.N. he could ‘annihilate’ Iran but expects a deal after the midterm electionsThe president defended the war with Iran, now in its seventh month, as necessary to stop the nation’s nuclear program in remarks before world leaders. 000
Reposted by Carlsbad Jr.Riverboat Chris @riverboatchris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The East-West political divisions within the Union regarding the railroads and their barons before, during, and after the Civil War are fascinating. 1802
Carlsbad Jr. @kabulykos.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Coping with this travesty by clawing for some joke about months-ago burrito-taxi discourse 000
Reposted by Carlsbad Jr.Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026"Since the federal takeover, he spends four nights a week pedaling his bike up and down the same streets, recording agents as they arrest his neighbors. On the scene, he lists rights for people getting arrested and asks if they’d like him to contact anyone..." www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...washingtonpost.comHe worked at NASA. Now he tails federal law enforcement on D.C. streets.A group that has tracked the activity of federal officers since the president’s crackdown has previously been private about the effort. 164101623382
Carlsbad Jr. @kabulykos.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I'm sure I've made a lot of mistakes in my life, but nothing as bad State picking any play that wasn't running out of the back of the end zone 000
Carlsbad Jr. @kabulykos.bsky.social · 20/09/2026C'mon bro my limit for news about stuff banned from Gillette Stadium is once per week 010
Carlsbad Jr. @kabulykos.bsky.social · 20/09/2026🙌wired.comFlock Offers Employees Buyouts as Customers FleeAs dozens of cities end contracts for its controversial license plate readers, Flock is rolling out a voluntary severance program, WIRED has learned. 010
Reposted by Carlsbad Jr.Stephen Judkins @stephenjudkins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This post by @lastpositivist.bsky.social remains the single best take on effective altruism 558066
Reposted by Carlsbad Jr.Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 17/09/2026🔔 What does Stanford Daily v. Rubio mean for free speech? Join our webinar to learn how the Trump admin’s deportation scheme affects journalism both on campus and off, with @ctfitzpatrick.bsky.social, Esha Bhandari, and Marium Uddin. 🗓️ Sept. 18, 1 p.m. ET RSVP: freedom.press/stanford-daily 179
Carlsbad Jr. @kabulykos.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The thing to understand is: those are actually two different collections of deranged voters. The first group takes the second for suckers, and the second group painstakingly forgets the first group exists 010
Reposted by Carlsbad Jr.rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 16/09/2026yeah the basic issue is that to avoid upsetting the Trump administration, every organization combatting antisemitism has decided that literally only antizionism is antisemitism 161032120
Reposted by Carlsbad Jr.rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Pecuniam Machinatoris Auferre Volo 1337
Reposted by Carlsbad Jr.Carlsbad Jr. @kabulykos.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Trump aggressively distanced himself from Project 2025 when asked, yet it's been the blueprint to most of what's helmed since since his second inauguration. What a campaign focuses on and what its administration does after victory can (and should) be different things. Sad Biden never understood this 001
Carlsbad Jr. @kabulykos.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Add some zero-effort house music and you have yourself a White Partythehill.comService members must meet weight, grooming standards for Hegseth event: ReportThe Pentagon is reportedly requiring troops to meet waist-to-height requirements and exhibit “impeccable” grooming standards in order to attend Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s “State of the Force”… 000
Carlsbad Jr. @kabulykos.bsky.social · 16/09/2026💯nytimes.comJapan Reaches a Unique Milestone, With More Than 100,000 People Aged 100 or OverTetsuo Sato is one of 100,000 Japanese who are now over 100 years old. He plans on celebrating his 107th birthday at a hot springs hotel. 010
Carlsbad Jr. @kabulykos.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Dude won't stop until he's gotten to Genghis Khan numbers, which is wild because Genghis Khan did it the fun old-fashioned way 000
Reposted by Carlsbad Jr.Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Your regular reminder - despite our neverending National Conversation™️ - that there are <exactly zero> societal institutions that are <more protective> of free speech & viewpoint diversity & the marketplace of ideas than colleges & universities. 220941
Reposted by Carlsbad Jr.Carlsbad Jr. @kabulykos.bsky.social · 14/09/2026AFAICT: Trump has mildly fucked over America, but he's fucked over the rest of the world *much harder*, so in the short term things are Biden-level alright... thankfully, voters have bee none-too-pleased with Biden levels of alright 0543
Carlsbad Jr. @kabulykos.bsky.social · 14/09/2026One one hand, I can't believe our luck for November On the other, we are so massively cooked past Novembernbcnews.comTrump says AI doesn’t need guardrails, only a ‘high IQ’ presidentHe also alleged the existence of a ‘sick conspiracy’ against AI and data centers, at a time when Americans are increasingly concerned about the technology. 000
Reposted by Carlsbad Jr.Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Isn’t it interesting though that Mike Johnson shrugs all this off as just provocative things said just to create a “persona online” from one of his ACTUAL NOMINEES FOR CONGRESS, but Hasan Piker, who isn’t running for anything, supposedly represents the entire Democratic Party. 906114333750
Carlsbad Jr. @kabulykos.bsky.social · 12/09/2026youtu.beErykah Badu - Bag Lady (Official Music Video)YouTube video by ErykahBaduVEVO 000
Carlsbad Jr. @kabulykos.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Imagining an IRS staffed at a pace and quality like ICE under Trump II and you have a film that's slash horror for the wealthy and camp for the rest of us. 010
Reposted by Carlsbad Jr.darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 11/09/2026the memories this brings back 😹 27103081
Carlsbad Jr. @kabulykos.bsky.social · 10/09/2026"it's just a normal alarm" — new oxymoron just dropped 110
Carlsbad Jr. @kabulykos.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Are you ready for some f̶o̶o̶t̶b̶a̶l̶l̶ 𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 000
Reposted by Carlsbad Jr.Carlsbad Jr. @kabulykos.bsky.social · 09/09/2026One would think AI companies' internal ethicists and guardrails folk would be best positioned to touch grass in order to evaluate big picture, so with their ongoing departures one must wonder if the problem is them failing at maintaining guardrails, or failing to touch grass 191
Reposted by Carlsbad Jr.Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/09/2026it speaks volumes the allegedly manly sports-loving political party is so oblivious to broader American culture that they booked their convention directly against the first two games of the NFL season, both of which will be watched by tens of millions of people 2425189810
Reposted by Carlsbad Jr. Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 09/09/2026AI is basically Djinn from wishmaster. 3483
Carlsbad Jr. @kabulykos.bsky.social · 08/09/2026static.klipy.comGul Dukat: Don't Worry, CaptainALT: Gul Dukat: Don't Worry, Captain 001
Reposted by Carlsbad Jr.Carlsbad Jr. @kabulykos.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Well I mean if incestuous rape fantasy is your cup of tea man have I found the right president for you... (Yet another reason to describe this dumbass regime as Confederate government, manifest) 0212
Carlsbad Jr. @kabulykos.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Overheard an older woman talking to a male partner at Costco in a blasé tone: "I'm getting to that point where I won't take shit from anybody" Many such cases 010
Reposted by Carlsbad Jr.Leftist Gamer Memes @leftistgamermemes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026💙🩷🥚🩷💙 2660331344
Reposted by Carlsbad Jr.darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 02/09/2026i was unsure about this until i found out @mattdpearce.com is directly involved in this and now i am quite chuffed about this tbh 634459
Reposted by Carlsbad Jr.Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 02/09/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/u...nytimes.comHaitian Student, Despondent Over Ankle Monitor, Dies in Apparent SuicideThe 20-year-old was fitted with a tracking device under a Trump administrative initiative targeting Haitians in Springfield, Ohio. 1111328524
Carlsbad Jr. @kabulykos.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Yeaes ago we matter-of-factly discussed how conservatives couldn't convert electoral performance into magic cultural change and holy shit they now have no other theory of governance than to will that take into being not true anymore 010