Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 13hI think most people when they think socialism are thinking Sweden and not the old Warsaw Pact (Tankies excepted of course). 100
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 14hThey’ve really managed to win at just the right times over the last couple of decades. 010
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 10/10/2026They’re definitely trying to make his grandest dreams of public martyrdom come true so win-win? 000
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Yes we want adequate (maybe) coders and surprisingly competent salesmen (I’m guessing persistence and and a narcissistic lack of self doubt)who can luck out and fail into vast wealth by being in right place at right time. Don’t forget all the govt funding either. 020
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It is a both sides sort of situation. Probably should have kept sections the same size though. 010
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Making a ginger the scapegoat somehow sounds like the time honored strategy. 000
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 08/10/2026He really gets it from both ends on that one. 000
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Seems reasonable and even handed like all his official statements on the issue. 010
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Yeah she’s not exactly wrongfully convicted or just an accessory that got sold out by the real killers. 150
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I think it was under their old regime but those struggle sessions about their old Camaro loving Joe Biden bits were something else in 2020. 0320
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Voters are dumb as shit everywhere basically. 0100
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Yes the only way to truly compel Israel to do anything in that conflict would have been through the use of military force - I think you can see the difficulties and dangers of that. 100
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Those two are fixin to break Goldwaters record. 000
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It hasn’t been that long since it was the most affordable city on the West Coast. Rents are still plenty high! 021
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 28/09/2026George Will wasn’t roommates with Ezra Klein and Matt Yglesias though. I do like think he was roommates with David Broder in a version of The Odd Couple where they were both Felix. 080
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I already kinda love that big goof - good for him. 000
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Like his lecture tour where he keeps trying to pin the anti-Christ label on an unlikely string of saintly do-gooders when you know he’s thinking “It was me all along!” 010
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I guess if they don’t invade Taiwan in the next two years they’re never going to do it. 010
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 25/09/2026They actually have a cooperative bent but most of their community feeling gets captured by the church. They’re not nihilistic weirdos who dream about the spiritual comeuppance of their enemies like RW evangelicals. 020
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Basically a pointless stunt which scrambled that particular organization for a couple of months at best. Anything to avoid the hard work of actually negotiating a peace. 000
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 23/09/2026And the other, unwilling, middle men - private companies - who have to spend a lot of time and effort managing whatever insurance they offer employees. I can’t imagine how much is spent on that nationwide. 001
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 23/09/2026He certainly could have made the choice to actually provide some tangible benefits to Americans but I think that’s when the GOP would stood up to him. Though he was pretty locked in on the present course with all the vampires he included in his administration. 100
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It’s hard to believe the token dumb guy on Fox and Friends even knows where Yemen is. 000
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 18/09/2026That’s the same expression he had when the other Chicago pope handed him that Cubs jersey. 050
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The various Sultans of Malaysia claim descent from Alexander. Eurasia’s a small continent in a lot of ways! 020
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Not really - he just gave a non maximalist answer to a thorny question in the middle of a tough campaign - are you going to throw away years of advocacy for that? 000
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Wasn’t FTX a sort of sad nerd polycule at its core? EA is a weird deal. 070
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Talarico has always been supportive. In Texas. And he’ll continue to be so in the Senate. 400
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I’ve been trying to understand this freakout - is it the measured statement on women’s sports? Seemed like a reasonable position - certainly not anything close to the views of your average Republican. 010
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The whole original TERF thing was pretty much a British phenomenon so it was already pretty embedded in the left side of the political scene there (like anti semitism). Here it was a naked ploy by GOP to reboot homophobia (sadly effectively). 020
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 12/09/2026It’s an awesome issue for them because it’s basically the only conservative anti -trans talking point that has even a germ of truth to it. It’s debatable because it is debatable how best to address it. 142
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I really feel bad for his wife if it’s been as big a personality switch as all the rumors say. Dealing with a family member with a sudden onset of mental problems is a lot. 1121
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Great rundown - mental health is precarious. I can’t imagine how it is for his family. 000
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Strong words from the chief acolyte of the self described Antichrist. 010
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 02/09/2026She apparently just completely lacks any retail politician type skills (which isn’t that bad for a legislator but terrible for an executive ) plus the only thing the Oregon GOP is good at is relentlessly tearing down their enemies - that sort of thing can seep into the public consciousness. 1100
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 02/09/2026How’s that any different than magical blood anyway? 010
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Breunig overthinking something and coming up with a dumbass contrarian position? Isn’t that his whole thing? 000
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 01/09/2026We’re sorta lucky in Oregon because our dry climate doesn’t allow for the dense continuous rural population you see east of the Rockies so our bigger cities don’t get overwhelmed. 020
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Picking on teenage girls seems to be just about his speed too. What a useless manchild. 1140
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 01/09/2026JK sucks but her brain worms seem to be fairly focused and hadn’t really tucked in to her gray matter till long after the series was finished. I probably won’t watch it but what a great test case for death of the author. 020
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 31/08/2026And in architecture and engineering. If you weren’t laid off it was surprising. 140
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 30/08/2026It’s hanging on by a thread - he’s disrupted so many industries it’s surprising things are as good as they are. There are still a lot of shoes to drop - the real crisis healthcare funding starts next year. There’s been a sugar high of useless AI investment cushioning things too. 031
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Totally the whole trans panic issue is a (successful) creation of conservative activists to rile up their voters. Why the legacy media feels the need to amplify bad actors like Rufo etc is beyond me. 021
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 29/08/2026The obvious choices are to have them mobbed by other urchins looking for similar gifts or passed on as lead to more capable thieves as they now know some rough looking travellers are surprisingly wealthy. 010
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Forgive me but I think I figured out the proper Berra-ism - “Men don’t approach women anymore there’s too much competition.” 010
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Men never approach women anymore they’re too crowded. 140
Russet Chatham @russetchatham.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Tenure’s a hell of a drug, Those screeds about Kanye and Milo are certifiable. 040
