Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 6hThis is particularly heinous in light of the assassinations of Mark and Melissa Hortman, attempted murders of John and Yvette Hoffman, and reported intent to kill Klobuchar and 69 others as well. 030
Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The comforting lies of politics are: 1. Nonvoters share my preferences and just need the right candidate to inspire them 2. The obstacles to enacting my preferences are fecklessness, corruption, and apathy 3 (above). All failures are failures of will. If They wanted to succeed, They would have 1558
Reposted by Senator StackhouseAnton Strezhnev @astrezh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026At least no mathematician has ever had an extreme reaction to the rapid development of technology. 14777134
Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Putback dunks are my favorite stat for young bigs. The sense to find it, the motor to go for it, the physicality to get it, the skill to finish it. Let's go! 000
Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Not going to believe the blue wave is coming until it shifts to "Dems won't do anything with a congressional majority" and "they should have won by more so it's basically a defeat". 000
Reposted by Senator StackhouseDan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026getting my head caved in for calling Star Wars Galactic Racer a "road-like" 316321
Reposted by Senator StackhouseBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Mechanical Twerk 1781563
Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Let us not forget The Ultimate Fighter kicking off the streaming era with a fruit tray: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q0D...youtube.comTUF 8 Fruit Tray SurpriseYouTube video by TUFUltimateFighter 000
Reposted by Senator StackhouseAndrew Reeves @andrewsshi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A mini thread on why I find the history of ritual magic in the Western Tradition to be really freaking cool. 34814
Reposted by Senator StackhouseThe Onion @theonion.com · 24/09/2026Dog Can’t Believe Guy She Hooked Up With 10 Years Ago Now Head Of FBI theonion.com/dog-cant-believe-guy-s… 313174903323
Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026www.salon.com/2018/12/06/m... www.nytimes.com/2018/12/14/u... www.newsobserver.com/news/politic... www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... Opposing that abuse may be Pollyanna and I'll not begrudge anyone on the left for deciding the ends justify the means... but it's clearly not fascist. 010
Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026And California has the nation's most robust protections against that. The principle is whether you are voting for a candidate to take an office and its status quo authority or voting to take an office and whatever (if any) power the legislature decides it will have next term. GOP loves the latter: 130
Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Absolutely fair to weigh 2164's slim protections against opposition in principle to eroding a position's powers after votes have been cast and end in a different position than I have! It just seems to land considerably short of fascistic power hoarding and contributing to suicide/denial of care. 110
Reposted by Senator Stackhouse🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota. 122123525253
Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Gavin has a lot to answer for but the great part about critiquing an awful pol like Newsom is there's plenty of shitty things he has actually said and done. Of his many sins, declining to strip an elected office of its power mid-election doesn't really register for me. 161
Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The bill itself is a failsafe for purely hypothetical fringe cases not covered by SB107 and SB497 - removing a governor's extradition discretion for permissible acts committed in CA or a 3rd state that are illegal in the requesting state of people arrested outside of 107 and 497's broad protections. 120
Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Given the importance, it's worth being clear what was vetoed and why. Starting with why: Newsom is out in January and opposes an outgoing executive eroding the authority of the incoming (See WI, NC). Agree with the prioritization and principle or not, that's a far cry from protecting his own power. 120
Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I don't recall another American era where the blame and desire for consequences spreads so thoroughly from the oval office to the literal foot soldiers, which I think is why it feels we're headed for Conciergerie rather than the typical conciliation 020
Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 24/09/2026My experience with Evelyns is that the bloodlust is pressure for a return to normalcy - they're seeking neither consequences for Trump voters nor to convert them to libs. They view the Trump admin as the aberration and punishing them as the critical, primary step for returning to normal. 140
Reposted by Senator StackhouseMusicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I have not responded to the email that you sent me and which you probably spent awhile writing Forgive me it was so long and my executive functioning is completely shot 1847182
Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 20/09/2026There's a case she's strategically Stuck to Sports back to the Iowa days and part of the media making Angel her foil rather than Paige was to protect her from contrast with Paige's outspoken support... But while I'd like more to meet Paige's standard I struggle to pillory players for falling short 030
Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Add a point for the 'Securitay is a Fed' theory 000
Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I hope you're right but I suspect this misses the actual reason each cohort works with SaaSBloat, Inc Small businesses are buying stability, sole proprietors are buying time and focus for other matters, and middle managers are buying deniability and blame deflection. Vibecode provides none of that 011
Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It's giving... Cambridge? Isanti would *never* 010
Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026My guess is it's com related, given we know they were in at DOGE and that sextorting victims into that behavior is part of the MO. 000
Reposted by Senator StackhouseCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14/09/2026And if you don't BELIEVE in their magic god? You'll be damned. The prophets have foretold the rise of magic god, and you'd be a fool to ignore the prophets when the prophets have already given rise to magic parrot, a thing that is not magic god, but will be, if infused with enough cash. 718716
Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The incapacity for selfassessment, flooding the mentions of a post from a Movement Leader long after they've moved on, personalities converging on entitled and abrasive, absolute certainty disagreement is bias instead of earnest It's starting to feel a bit 'noughty these last couple days 010
Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Forget waffles, they went all the way to "So you hate Newtonian Physics?" 1931
Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 09/09/2026They moved on from transformers? Would have thought that'd make the news. 000
Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Pedantry: Not a push poll, which is designed to spread (mis)information through asking the question itself. Bush primary pollsters in South Carolina asking about if you heard McCain had an illegitimate black son. This is a biased poll designed to elicit responses that fit a pre-formed narrative. 000
Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This misses the core of centrist thought: There are no sins of omission. A new system barring AA is bad. Worse, even, than continuing the current system barring AA. You compare to the status quo, but the standard you're held to is the platonic ideal of what you kill off. Even if it's already dead. 100
Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Likewise, Dolly proved that mammals weren't all that hard to clone/draw/photograph/whatever 010
Reposted by Senator Stackhouse#1 Lifelong Houston Cougs Fan Brandi 😾 @itsthebrandi.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I think we all knew this would happen when Cathy Englebert showed up in a Michigan dress.. 0162
Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 05/09/2026It also counters the voter suppression the GOP has actually been doing for decades ("make voting time consuming and miserable in the Wrong Precincts") and connects you with other folks who care about civics and community - the folks who'll be set to help you and others if DHS deluges your town 0273
Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Cooper, you just don't get it! We only beat Southeastern Rhode Island State by 35, we need to fire everyone or else we'll never make the playoffs again. 000
Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 05/09/2026And I get that. I also think that - in the context of trying to *block* the law now in effect - having a request for a PI and a TRO motion denied can be fairly described as "losing" that effort (a quick scan says headline editors for Klasfeld and Reuters agree). Misleading feels strong. 000
Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Who is misleading who here? Musk sought a TRO and a preliminary injunction to _block_ the law, and lost both efforts. He now seeks to overturn the law that has gone into effect. The bill does ban the use of AI to generate nude images of minors even if you (reasonably) feel it's fatally flawed. 100
Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 02/09/2026In addition to the Pulitzer, that's also "Chief of Staff of the 2029 Truth and Reconciliation committee" material. 020
Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Good news! These stations are known. You can go to one with friends and internet strangers and signal chats and have whistles and cameras and whatever other resources you need that've been proven to disrupt DHS ops. It's a Trump concern you, personally, can mitigate. There aren't many like that! 010
Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Even before shootings! In many places, state NG units and local LEOs are already going to be in a bind between shutting DHS' efforts down and eating unpardonable state felonies for failing to do so. Turns out states like South Carolina have experience with government types disrupting voters? 000
Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 01/09/2026The article is 6 years old, but it reflects a real truth of American Politics: If both sides are saying it about the other, it's probably bunk www.politico.com/news/2020/05... 000
Reposted by Senator StackhouseAbigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 31/08/2026The story endures because we can see Scrooge's faults and reflect on mistakes we've made ourselves, and know that we can learn from them and grow into better people for it. Regardless, no one will make a better adaptation than the Muppet version, so just watch that instead. 1399480
Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 30/08/2026You'll see my mind is too fast for eyes 000
Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Obligatory sous vide mention so long as we're on about kitchen tech. It's not perfect for everything, but it's so worth it on the right items. www.seriouseats.com/sous-vide-re... (About the only way I cook carrots, pork chops, chicken breast, steak, and tuna anymore)seriouseats.com28 Sous Vide Recipes for Perfectly Cooked Meals, Every TimeWhether it's a slab of steak, perfectly tender lobster, or even some homemade vanilla extract, an immersion circulator will give you great results. 010
Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I've read about this! Would you say you have any distorted, hidden desires?static.klipy.comJoker Persona 5 Mask Reveal & Persona SummonAlt: Joker Persona 5 Mask Reveal & Persona Summon 120
Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I've found the system card terribly effective in helping folks understand why "just prompt better" won't work. Thousands of characters essentially pleading to not draw the litigious eye of the mouse, an existential threat. simonwillison.net/2025/May/25/...simonwillison.netHighlights from the Claude 4 system promptAnthropic publish most of the system prompts for their chat models as part of their release notes. They recently shared the new prompts for both Claude Opus 4 and Claude … 020
Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The term "clanker" was very explicitly invented-per the tech etymologist in the linked and capped story-as in universe Star Wars jargon for robots. Surely there's still daylight between "I find its gleeful use distasteful" and validating the "clanker with a hard r" swill? bsky.app/search?q=cla... 000
Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I have too, and it's extremely mediogre 000
![But Trump also urged Republicans to stick together as the election approaches — and act a little bit more like the opposition party he loathes.
“He very frequently reminds us that we’re not as tough as [Democrats] are, that they play more for keeps, that they stick together better,” said Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.). “Part of what makes us conservative is our independence, so that is our strength philosophically but sometimes it can be a weakness.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:v4xjlww7b4yeitvbg4t6gysh/bafkreidcmlhzqoa3ylmfrmd5hi7nb7abvanvsc5ft6gxk5gc62zqqvhv5a)
