Reposted by Weary ThroatWeary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Newt Gingrich dodged the draft in Vietnam and is a perfect embodiment of a warrior, not a weirdo. His stepfather said, "He's physically incapable of doing military service." archive.vanityfair.com/article/1995... 021
Reposted by Weary ThroatWeary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"As the exalting one man so greatly above the rest cannot be justified on the equal rights of nature, so neither can it be defended on the authority of scripture; for the will of the Almighty as declared by Gideon, and the prophet Samuel, expressly disapproves of government by Kings." Thomas Paineoll.libertyfund.org1776: Paine, Common Sense (Pamphlet) | Online Library of LibertyRelated Links: Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution Thomas Paine Source: Thomas Paine, The Writings of Thomas Paine, Collected and Edited by Moncure Daniel Conway (New York: G.P. Putn... 132
Reposted by Weary ThroatWeary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Sindey Blumenthal on the 1984 administration: "On virtually every other desk at the OMB rested the latest conservative best-seller, Charles Murray's Losing Ground, the crucial text of the period, serving the same function of justification as George Gilder's Wealth and Poverty did in the first term." 032
Weary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Una luz, no más que una luz Querida, una luz torcida Que en el desierto cambió mi vida Camarada de rebelión Florcita macumba en la despedida No digas siempre, no digas nunca youtu.be/eLx5-wiju1E The magical rhythm of cumbia carries waves of time across continents.youtu.beLa Yegros - Viene de mi - Vivo en La Oreja NegraYouTube video by FLAN Audiovisual 011
Reposted by Weary ThroatRep. Vikki Goodwin @vikkigoodwintx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Texans are ready for a Lt. Governor who fights for them and their families. We simply can’t afford to keep Dan Patrick around… 301557514
Reposted by Weary ThroatWeary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Nazis, starting with Richard Walther Darré, attached great significance to it. "According to Darré, race was defined through practices of food production: Germans were separated from Jews by pigs."direct.mit.eduFascist Pigs: Technoscientific Organisms and the History of FascismHow the breeding of new animals and plants was central to fascist regimes in Italy, Portugal, and Germany and to their imperial expansion.In the fascist re 021
Reposted by Weary ThroatFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026Women trying to succeed in Silicon Valley AI and effective altruist spaces are reporting feeling serious social pressure to attend sex parties - where people have reported being sexually assaulted, like below. Events like Aella’s “Slutcon,” which is happening again this weekend. 20643371112
Reposted by Weary ThroatWeary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Meritocracy is less important to them than hierarchy. Few AI bros are as open about it as Michael Anissimov used to be, but many more believe it. 091
Reposted by Weary ThroatWeary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 25/01/2025“If you place a ball on top of a pyramid, the slightest impact can cause it to roll down either to the left or to the right. That is the situation approaching with every hour in Germany today.” Trotsky’s 1931 letter to German communists urging them to unite with SPD www.marxists.org/archive/trot...marxists.orgLeon Trotsky: For a Workers' United Front Against Fascism (1931)Leon Trotsky: For a Workers' United Front Against Fascism (December 1931) 021
Reposted by Weary ThroatWeary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Texas pioneered the Southern Strategy but didn't fully flip until the 1990s, under George W. Bush. 0102
Reposted by Weary ThroatWeary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026When liberal democracy is destroyed, including voting rights, people lose the ability to constrain their government. 022
Reposted by Weary ThroatWeary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026We fucked up when we had a chance. www.christianpost.com/voices/the-g... 162
Reposted by Weary ThroatWeary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Mikhail Bulgakov created the character of Woland ("part of that power which eternally wills evil and eternally works good") so he could live with himself in Stalin’s Russia.theguardian.comBaddies in books: Woland, Bulgakov’s charming devilThe seductive rogue who haunts the pages of The Master and Margarita is a very complex kind of Satan 031
Weary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026John Henry told his captain, "Lord, man ain't nothin' but a man But before I let that steam drill beat me down I'm gonna die with a hammer in my hand. youtu.be/hIh74VC7oXc The dignity of work is an integral part of the collective human experience of never surrendering to machines.youtu.beJohn Henry (Live at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, 2006)YouTube video by BruceSpringsteenVEVO 010
Reposted by Weary ThroatWeary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Thiel made one woman, Karyna Shuliak, comfortably wealthy.nytimes.comMeet the Woman Who Stands to Inherit Much of Jeffrey Epstein’s Fortune (Gift Article)Karyna Shuliak, 37, is a complicated and unusual figure in the disgraced financier’s world who has been trying to blend into obscurity since his death. 121
Reposted by Weary ThroatWeary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"The machines are not trying to communicate something they believe or perceive… As we have pointed out, they are not trying to convey information at all. They are bullshitting."link.springer.comChatGPT is bullshit - Ethics and Information TechnologyRecently, there has been considerable interest in large language models: machine learning systems which produce human-like text and dialogue. Applications of these systems have been plagued by persist... 141
Reposted by Weary ThroatWeary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026We will never know what the fuckers discussed with the Russian ambassador.the-independent.comJeffrey Epstein held meetings with Trump associates ahead of 2016 election: reportThe convicted sex offender invited Trump’s campaign backers Thomas Barrack and Peter Thiel to lunch with Russian diplomat Vitaly Churkin 172
Reposted by Weary ThroatBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026What's hard about public policy is weighing the trade offs. For example, something sucks really bad and everyone hates it, but on the other hand several evil trillionaires think it's good. What are you supposed to do in that situation 201836290
Reposted by Weary ThroatWeary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026In 2020, Miller wanted to deploy troops on the streets but was rudely rebuffed by Barr and Milley. Nobody can stop him now. 032
Reposted by Weary ThroatWeary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Biden: "Today, we send a message to all transgender Americans: You are loved. You are heard. You are understood. You belong. You are America, and my entire Administration and I have your back." 2026: "President Trump Ended ´Transgender for Everybody’ Insanity" www.whitehouse.gov/releases/202...web.archive.orgA Proclamation on Transgender Day of Visibility, 2024 | The White HouseOn Transgender Day of Visibility, we honor the extraordinary courage and contributions of transgender Americans and reaffirm our Nation’s commitment to forming a more perfect Union — where all people ... 032
Reposted by Weary ThroatWeary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026In December 2019, 25 Jewish members of Congress called for Miller to be fired from the White House. "His documented support for white nationalist and virulently anti-immigrant tropes is wholly unacceptable and disqualifying for a government employee." Nobody responded.schneider.house.govSchneider, Wasserman Schultz Lead Jewish Members of Congress in Call for Dismissal of White House Senior Advisor Stephen MillerToday, 25 Jewish Members of Congress called for the dismissal of White House Senior Advisor Stephen Miller for disseminating the views of hate groups supportive of white supremacy and virulently anti-... 142
Reposted by Weary ThroatKerry Kennedy @kerrykennedy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026“Art is political in the most profound sense.” - President John F. Kennedy. Video credit: greatartexplained via IG. 13814
Reposted by Weary ThroatWeary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026President Biden was not a dictator. He went to Independence Hall in Philadelphia to warn the nation about an imminent threat. "Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic." The people ignored him and chose to be lured into fascism.bidenwhitehouse.archives.govRemarks by President Biden on the Continued Battle for the Soul of the Nation | The White HouseIndependence National Historical ParkPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (September 1, 2022) 8:03 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: My fellow Americans, please, 063
Reposted by Weary ThroatWeary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026"You are a millionaire funded by billionaires. That's what you are...You're not part of the solution, Mr. Carlson. You're part of the problem, actually. It's true, right, that all the anchors on Fox News, they're all millionaires. How is this possible?"gq.comHistorian's Scrapped Segment on Tucker Carlson's Show Is a Masterpiece"You are a millionaire funded by billionaires. That's what you are." 032
Weary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026He doesn’t say very much, but when he starts in to speak You’d be surprised, He’s not so good at the start, but at the end of a week You’d be surprised youtu.be/4CjSjPI90uc In the game of love, everyone deserves a chance.youtu.beMadeline Kahn sings "You'd Be Surprised" by Irving BerlinYouTube video by Silverhunter 59 120
Reposted by Weary ThroatWeary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Kavanaugh’s memo to Starr was really creepy. "It is our job to make his pattern of revolting behavior clear - piece by painful piece… If Monica Lewinsky says that on several occasions in the Oval Office area, you used your fingers to stimulate her vagina and bring her to orgasm, would she be lying?"nytimes.comBrett Kavanaugh Urged Graphic Questions in Clinton Inquiry (Published 2018)A newly released memo shows that Mr. Kavanaugh, President Trump’s Supreme Court pick, took a relentlessly tough stance as a young lawyer investigating Bill Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky. 133
Reposted by Weary ThroatWeary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Yeltsin released the Katyn documents in October 1992, when he urgently needed American economic support. Several days later, Bush signed the Freedom for Russia and Emerging Eurasian Democracies and Open Markets Support Act. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom... 351
Reposted by Weary ThroatWeary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Pinker has been involved for at least 30 years. Steve Sailer in 2002: "Pinker is an enthusiastic subscriber to my iSteve mailing list. And arguments that I've made over the years pop up throughout The Blank Slate." vdare.com/articles/pin... 021
Reposted by Weary ThroatWeary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026He responded angrily to Timothy Snyder, who wrote: "In the fields I know something about, Pinker cherry-picked with red-fingered fervor; his best numbers on modern death tolls come from a source so obviously ideological that I was ashamed to cite it in high school debate."nytimes.comIs the Human Impulse to Tell Stories Dangerous? (Published 2021)In “The Story Paradox,” Jonathan Gottschall explores how narrative shapes reality and our own actions. 0494
Reposted by Weary ThroatN.N. Scott @nnscott.com · 19/09/2026I did a little hard drive digging. The Pinker essay is in 2007: "What is Your Dangerous Idea?" Pinker also wrote the introduction which is kind of a "he was always like this" thing. Then a Wayback capture from 2012 of the article on Edge but his name removed. Later captures lack the whole article. 2404
Reposted by Weary ThroatWeary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The arts hold a special place in JFK’s legacy. We must fight to preserve it. "As a great democratic society, we have a special responsibility to the arts, for art is the great democrat calling forth creative genius from every sector of society, disregarding race or religion or wealth or color."presidency.ucsb.eduRemarks at a Close & Circuit Television Broadcast on Behalf of the National Cultural Center. | The American Presidency Project 031
Weary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Now he worships at an altar of a stagnant pool And when he sees his reflection, he’s fulfilled Oh, man is opposed to fair play He wants it all, and he wants it his way youtu.be/HRrlFYg2QkI Malignant narcissism inevitably leads to violence.youtu.beBob Dylan - License to Kill (Official Video)YouTube video by BobDylanVEVO 020
Reposted by Weary ThroatWeary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Mitch McConnell is the last anti-apartheid Republican. His passing will mark the end of an epoch. 051
Reposted by Weary ThroatWeary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Appointing Grenell to the arts because he is gay was like appointing Ben Carson to HUD because he is Black—a typical Trump move.advocate.comRic Grenell’s very ‘normal gay’ implosionThe former Kennedy Center president never seemed to grasp that when he insisted on being “normal,” to Trump, there is no reward for it, writes John Casey. 132
Reposted by Weary ThroatJosh Kaplan @josh-kaplan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026NEW: Don Trump Jr’s luxurious wedding was secretly bankrolled by a Russian oligarch close to Putin. A saga involving private islands, the Olympics, and a Russian government-backed biker gang: www.propublica.org/article/dona...propublica.orgDonald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian OligarchThe oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large... 1131870859
Reposted by Weary ThroatWeary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026In the long chain of events leading to the current nightmare, Ann Coulter’s 2014 alliance with Stephen Miller played a special role. “There was obviously a major meeting of the minds. They thought immigration was the single most important issue in the country.” 121
Reposted by Weary ThroatWeary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Trump’s racist stereotype of Jews as shrewd negotiators backfired on him with his dim-witted son-in-law.propublica.orgThe Story Behind Jared Kushner’s Curious Acceptance Into HarvardProPublica editor Daniel Golden wrote a book a decade ago about how the rich buy their children access to elite colleges. One student he covered is now poised to become one of the most powerful figure... 163
Reposted by Weary ThroatRobert Misik @misik.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Why people are susceptible to authoritarianism has been well researched. What is often overlooked is, how it changes them. misik.at/2026/09/fasc...misik.atFascism Does Not Begin With Murder but With the Pleasure of Imagining It | misik.atEducation in Cruelty. Why people are susceptible to authoritarianism has been well researched. Often is overlooked, how it changes them. 0249
Reposted by Weary ThroatWeary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026"If any class or race can be permanently set apart from, or pushed down below, the rest in political and civil rights, so may any other class or race when it shall incur the displeasure of its more powerful associates, and we may say farewell to the principles on which we count our safety." 0176
Reposted by Weary ThroatWeary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Full quote: "I fired him because he wouldn’t respect the authority of the President. I didn’t fire him because he was a dumb son of a bitch, although he was, but that’s not against the law for generals. If it was, half to three-quarters of them would be in jail." Truman learned his lessons in WWI.time.comHISTORICAL NOTES: Giving Them More HellWhile in the White House, Harry Truman once wrote to a music critic who had snickered at Daughter Margaret's singing that the fellow would be needing a jockstrap if they ever met. Now it turns... 083
Reposted by Weary ThroatWeary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026If only Marco Rubio had agreed to support Cruz after dropping out in 2016, they could have stopped Trump.cnn.comCruz campaign: We could have stopped Trump if Rubio became running mate | CNN PoliticsRepublican officials who oppose Donald Trump as their party nominee have spent the last few days – ever since the withdrawal from the race of Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich – wondering if the... 231
Reposted by Weary ThroatWeary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026"Wherever I go, people ask me more about Tucker Carlson, even in my own family, than they ask me about my wife and kids."mediaite.comMehdi Hasan Says Tucker Carlson Has Growing Muslim Fan BaseMehdi Hasan admitted he's in a "difficult position" with Tucker Carlson today because he sees the conservative as "saying things that need to be said." 252
Reposted by Weary ThroatWeary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Kirk was too chickenshit to debate groypers. We all know how his debate with Adolf ends. 081
Reposted by Weary ThroatWeary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Tucker Carlson is a paragon of empathy for the people of Iran and Palestine. He is also full of empathy for the white working class. 021
Reposted by Weary ThroatWeary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026On the other hand, how many American Hamasniks will agree today with Osama Bin Laden’s statement, "Justice is the strongest army, and security is the best way of life, but it slipped out of your grasp the day you made the Jews victorious in occupying our land and killing our brothers in Palestine"?foreignpolicy.comHere's Osama Bin Laden's Letter to the American PeopleOsama bin Laden promised endless war in a newly declassified letter to the American people. 021
Reposted by Weary ThroatWeary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026That’s what racists and autocrats constantly do. 083
Reposted by Weary ThroatDean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Ben Shahn Our friend, FDR campaign poster, 1944 #FDR2028 192
Reposted by Weary ThroatDean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Elsa Flores's photograph, with Ben Shahn's FDR poster, 1944 183
