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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

"The Duke's Decision" got pirated on Google Play, scraped off Royal Road. Irksome. If you put something out there where people can read it for free, other people will steal it to try to make money off of it.

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Haven't been on Bluesky for a while, but while I'm logged in, I should follow up to say that I did indeed write an article on political violence. mcintee.substack.com/p/end-politi...

mcintee.substack.com

End political violence.

Free speech, violence, and misinformation

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Kleggt @kleggt.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Built Different 2 is now out on Amazon! Follow the cybernetic hitman as he sheds the shadows of his past. Also R&W series is on sale to celebrate! www.kleggt.co.uk #ebook #superhero #fantasy

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

When Harris picked Walz as a running mate, I thought it was a normal-tier choice. At this point, I think it marked a huge failure in vetting by Democrats, and that Republicans dropped the ball in oppo research.

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Jay Jones wanted violence inflicted on a political opponent (and also said opponent's chlidren). His texts make that extremely clear. That is not acceptable in a position of power and trust. And that's true whether or not he wanted it public, his skin color, or any "but Trump!" statement.

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

The legal strategy that annoys me the most when it comes to election reform (and it works a lot) is playing clock shenanigans. It should never be too early or too late to hold the state accountable for conducting elections properly.

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

That is inferred subtext out of her head. It is factually not what was said, which makes putting the words in his mouth malpractice by both academic and journalistic standards.

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

No, this is Attiah’s hill. She decided to double down on her misquotation and use it as the centerpiece of her appeal for public support.

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

When you say “Black women X,” it becomes a categorical statement about all black women, as opposed to a statement about a narrower set of four specific black women.

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

“These specific four women are stupid” isn’t a statement about a racial class. Which is why the misquote was treated as outrageous by Kirk’s fans.

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

She was not quoting him directly. bsky.app/profile/math...

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

She didn't quote him accurately in context. bsky.app/profile/math...

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

She misquoted him, FWIW. bsky.app/profile/math...

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Misquoting someone by switching the words "you" and "Black women" without even bracketing the substitution is not "quot[ing] truth." bsky.app/profile/math...

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

She misquoted him. He was talking quite specifically about four women who had recently claimed that they had personally benefitted from affirmative action. bsky.app/profile/math...

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

She misquoted him; he did not say the words she attributed to him. bsky.app/profile/math...

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

She did not "writ[e] truth about Charlie Kirk." She misquoted him. bsky.app/profile/math...

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

She said it was one quote. Factually, she edited the quote in question, deleting three qualifying words and substituting "Black women" for "You." bsky.app/profile/math...

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Not a statement actually made by Charlie Kirk.

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

At this point, I intend to make a serious effort to write up a functional, fair, transparent, and easy to understand redistricting algorithm. I'm interested in commentary, feedback, and comparison to other existing redistricting algorithms. mcintee.substack.com/p/how-should...

mcintee.substack.com

How should we end gerrymandering?

Inviting open comment on an algorithmic approach

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

This isn't going to make me many friends on BlueSky, but those of you relying on BlueSky as source of information deserve to know that Karen Attiah misquoted Charlie Kirk and is therefore presently doubling down on a lie.

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

(3) The left has a growing problem with the illiberal endorsement of political violence. The people who are celebrating the assassination have no place in a party or political organization that contributes to the functioning of a liberal democracy. Kick them out.

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

(2) It is not pragmatic good politics. It removes a piece from the board; it also changes the rules of play. The backlash will be substantial.

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

(1) This is political violence targeting speech. "We shoot the talky guy" is pure anathema to the principles of functional liberal democracy.

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

I don't think I will write an article on the Charlie Kirk assassination. I may write one more broadly on political violence. I deeply disapprove of this development. This is abhorrent and morally indefensible.

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Book 2 is out! It's exciting :)

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Trump has deported 200,000 immigrants in his first six months in office. At current rates, he will deport 1.6 million immigrants in his term. Even considering the rather large ICE budget increase, it's unlikely Trump can finish the project of deporting illegal immigrants.

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

One thing I love about having made the switch to a Leaf - no oil in an electric. I had to watch my old car’s levels all the time, sometimes it would burn oil.

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

tomasmcintee.substack.com/p/china-is-n...

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

We already went through the "affirmative action cheating" cycle with Elizabeth Warren. She still got elected in her safely Democratic constituency, but by a notably smaller margin, and head-to-head polls suggested that she would manage to lose the popular vote to Donald Trump nationally.

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Owen Winter @owenwntr.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

We were lucky enough to have our YouGov/The Economist poll in field when the US bombed Iranian nuclear facilities. You can see the partisan realignment in real time

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

I know Red Team & Blue Team are both focused on KBJ’s fiery dissent, but it’s a dissent that neither Kagan nor Sotomayor were willing to endorse. Sotomayor’s opinion is the one endorsed by all three liberal justices.

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Bob Menendez was much further along the “this guy will get convicted of something” track before getting thrown under the bus. Senators can and have gotten away with a lot, this was a conjunction of peak national “MeToo” energy, optics, and Minnesota being considered “safe enough” politically.

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

It was eight, with the first two failing the sniff test, none coming forward independently, and nothing that could (or did) support a successful lawsuit or criminal charges. Mostly came down to “there was a bad-looking photo” and “enough D senators decided to ditch him.”

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Neither Kagan nor Sotomayor cosigned KBJ's additional dissent, though all three liberal justices agreed with the narrower and stronger argument in Sotomayor's dissent. Law does need to be considered abstractly to be consistent, and it must be consistent in order to be sustainable in the long term.

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

This article is unpopular to the point of ragebait in the blue bubble here on BlueSky. But it's correct. Allowing any one of hundreds of federal judges to issue a decision immediately binding on the entire nation was unsustainable.

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

I think that is an unwarranted level of panic. The constitutional order has been threatened and is not in its healthiest state, but it is by no means dead.

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

SCOTUS put a 30-day stay on the order for now. I think they will probably stay it for longer if necessary. If they wait longer before deciding against the administration (as everyone seems to think likely), then it will almost certainly be retroactive (but be a bit of an administrative headache).

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

I will be very surprised if SCOTUS actually rules against birthright citizenship. They just slapped down district courts issuing national injunctions. They haven’t ruled on the merits yet.

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

If you believe there is an organized protection racket perpetrated by men against women, then you are both hateful and in the grips of paranoid delusion. Get help.

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Dworkin was just full of hate. There’s no irony there, just deep failure to appreciate base rates. Men are the biggest extant danger to women because men have proven very effective at eliminating other dangers to women. Being a human woman in a first world society is one of the safest existences.

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Tim K Brumbaugh - Author @tbrumbaugh-author.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

At the end of the day, the NYC mayor can still get jerked around by the NY governor and legislature. It’s not a “the buck stops here” kind of job. To be totally fair, though, small-state governors don’t make it in very often either (Bill Clinton, Franklin Pierce).

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

No, you can't. Minnesota doesn't record party affiliation for voters. They do not disclose which primary ballot you select, either, with an exception of presidential primary request lists being sent to party chairs. (There was no presidential primary in 2022, FWIW.)

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Wasn't predicting this, not surprised either. Chaos is the Trump mode. Probably gives you a sense of how long it takes Stephen Miller to put together a PowerPoint slide deck and get a meeting in.

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

You posted this several times, but it's substantially misinformative. He's married with kids (not an incel) and Minnesota does not register voters by party. The state board he worked on listed him as having no party preference, he has been cited as voting for Trump.

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

You appear to be spreading misinformation. Religious, yes. Minnesota does not register voters by party, and he was married with children, rather than an incel.

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Minnesota doesn't do voter registration by party. He was listed as no party preference on his state-appointed board, btw. Also, he was married with children. You seem to have gotten a very strange set of "facts."

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Tomas McIntee @mathintee.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

There was a whole subgenre of early Star Wars EU fiction that was like this. "Hey, what about [BACKGROUND PERSON/THING] we saw once for five seconds in the movie? What's their version of the story?" Some of it was pretty great, some pretty silly. The Boba Fett part really took off, though.

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