Alex Carrigan @volkerball.bsky.social · 10hIt's also for anyone who has watched every cave diving disaster video on YouTube. 000
Reposted by Alex Carrigandr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 10hthis is how you have to treat these guys. with genuine contempt. your genuine contempt makes their smarmy fake contempt look weak and inauthentic. it immediately exposes their game. these guys are just losers who have sworn revenge for every humiliation. humiliate them again 162309330
Reposted by Alex CarriganAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026Trump: "I'm the only one that took the test -- the aptitude test or whatever. Every time I do a physical, I do a mental test. And I aced it. Where's my doctor? I travel w/ more doctors than any human being. If people get sick in the audience, they leave them alone. They call them collateral damage." 3001092253
Reposted by Alex CarriganThe Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Could we get one fucking article with interviews with people who didn't vote for Trump about how we were right and how much it sucks to have been right and how pissed we are at everyone who didn't listen to us? wapo.st/4rYrVlwwapo.stIn Ohio, some Trump voters question whether he’s still fighting for themHigh costs have opened a divide between Trump, who spoke in Ohio on Monday night, and some who voted for him. His support for data centers has widened that gap. 3034684
Alex Carrigan @volkerball.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The only right confederates cared about was the individual right of a white man to own black slaves. Everything else was secondary. 031
Alex Carrigan @volkerball.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The confederate constitution also has some wild examples of this. The states that seceded and joined the confederacy basically gave up their own states rights to make decisions about slavery, in exchange for a guarantee that slavery would be safe from government interference no matter what. 120
Alex Carrigan @volkerball.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It's so jarring how right wing culture wars just..end. And nothing happens. So much hysteria about how legalizing gay marriage would lead to people trying to marry dogs, but if you bring that up now, it's like look over there! A trans person! 112718
Reposted by Alex CarriganDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This serves as advertisement for Alex Gibney’s documentary, Musk, opening October 9. Pass it on.hollywoodreporter.comThe Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing. 3024221512
Reposted by Alex CarriganAlex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released. 7836001387
Reposted by Alex CarriganTamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com · 14/09/2026btw Kanye did a song Heil Hitler and no one stepped in to oppose his tour(s), which is ongoing. In fact, Kanye is scheduled to perform at one of the stadiums Macklemore has been stopped from being at. 6072192559
Alex Carrigan @volkerball.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Having lived most of my life in rural America, I absolutely despise all the sanewashing think pieces that try to frame MAGA in terms of the economy or security. These people just suck. 101
Alex Carrigan @volkerball.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Calculators don't give you the wrong answer 20% of the time, and present it the same way they present a correct response. So becoming dependent on LLM's is more dangerous than becoming dependent on a calculator. Being misinformed is worse than being uninformed. 340
Reposted by Alex Carriganamanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 27/08/2026At 8:30 this morning, ICE and FHP detained a man running a food truck at a Mobil gas station in Ft Myers on Palm Beach Blvd. The food truck was left open and unattended. 1121079
Reposted by Alex CarriganAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Let’s talk about Medicare for All. What would it mean for the individual American? ⬇ The day you’re born you get a card that gives you health insurance with no premium, co-pay, or deductible. Doesn’t matter if you get a job, lose a job, turn 26 or 65, get married or divorced — it's there for you. 1001174894399
Alex Carrigan @volkerball.bsky.social · 21/08/2026There's a fire in are hearts and a fire in are souls but there ain't gone be no fire in the ho. 000
Reposted by Alex CarriganMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 11/08/2026The excesses of the Woke 1 era mostly amount to cringe public statements, harmless vocabulary updates and loss of prestige for public figures. The backlash to Woke 1, on the other hand, is imprisoning dissidents, dismantling public education and eroding democracy. That's what needs reckoning 242891604
Reposted by Alex CarriganMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Meanwhile, the right never meant any of it. They moaned about "cancellation" for a decade but embarked on mass firings as soon as they took power. They pretended to care about "free speech restrictions" and "educational indoctrination" while embarking on them every chance they got. 131944272
Reposted by Alex CarriganMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Personally, I think what needs reckoning with is how fake it all was. Centrists convinced themselves annoying leftists on twitter were an equivalent threat to Jan 6 insurrectionists. They wildly inflated the threat of left-wing authoritarianism while ignoring how it was taking hold on the right. 92067330
Reposted by Alex CarriganChungo Tumpus: Clear Sky @mrfinnmccool.bsky.social · 12/08/2026In May 2017 Portland was hit with two scandals: 1) A taco truck closed, blaming their lack of business on an article that accused them of cultural appropriation. 2) A man on a train stabs three passengers, killing two of them, when they tried to stop him hurling racial abuse at a Muslim woman. 163798
Alex Carrigan @volkerball.bsky.social · 30/07/2026You have to punch the judge to express dominance, otherwise you'll end up being somebody's bitch. 1220
Alex Carrigan @volkerball.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Sometimes I wake up and I still think I'm in the mask. 160
Reposted by Alex CarriganDan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Remarkable camera angle of President Trump as he listens to Wall Street Journal reporters receiving an award for their investigation into Trump’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein — which they pursued despite Trump’s threats and lawsuit. 3533136905
Reposted by Alex CarriganMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 24/07/2026At one point she notes that AfD, the German political party that Musk supports, has "real neo-Nazis." Musk literally just shrugs. 1192599693
Alex Carrigan @volkerball.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Not necessary. I enjoyed hearing your perspective. Have a good night. 010
Alex Carrigan @volkerball.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Turning in her abuser, and giving a giant gift to awful people, who would use it to destroy a movement she believed in. I hope all women in those kinds of situations still come forward, but man, talk about salt in the wound. 200
Alex Carrigan @volkerball.bsky.social · 08/07/2026And it seems the people who contributed to those fears are too busy pouring Gatorade on themselves to analyze the role they played in making her afraid to come forward. Makes me think of what it would be like for the victim if Mamdani SAed a progressive. Poor girl would have to choose between 100
Alex Carrigan @volkerball.bsky.social · 08/07/2026I was not calling the victim dumb. I think she was right to come forward, and I support her 100%. But there is a crowd who have had their pitchforks out for Platner for months, and they were always going use this to slander the entire political movement, which the victim was a part of. 200
Alex Carrigan @volkerball.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Also dumb? Racicot said she was torn over coming forward in part because she agrees with Platner politically. “One of the reasons I didn’t come forward sooner was, the huge moral conflict that I had between supporting his politics, but not supporting him as a person,” she said. 100
Alex Carrigan @volkerball.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Didn't really follow that story much tbh. When asked about trans kids in sports, he said he was in favor of it, and that the far right was using them as a boogeyman to distract from real issues like wealth inequality. A real Nazi would pop like a balloon if they tried to say that. 100
Alex Carrigan @volkerball.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Racicot said she was torn over coming forward in part because she agrees with Platner politically. “One of the reasons I didn’t come forward sooner was, the huge moral conflict that I had between supporting his politics, but not supporting him as a person,” she said. 020
Alex Carrigan @volkerball.bsky.social · 08/07/2026I got out without any tattoos so it's certainly not a requirement, but I could easily see someone getting an ill advised tattoo in the army that they didn't understand and just thought it looked cool. Especially with everyone else telling you it's bad ass, get it. 100
Alex Carrigan @volkerball.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Sure, but there's a weird culture around tattoos in the military and in the infantry. Starts with unit tattoos but expands into other things like the cobweb on the elbow that everyone gets because they think it looks cool. Viking and crusader shit, and finally white supremacist symbols. 100
Alex Carrigan @volkerball.bsky.social · 08/07/2026If you've never considered getting barbed wire around your arm or a spiderweb on your elbow then you're probably not in the same headspace as a young infantryman. 200
Alex Carrigan @volkerball.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Because he was one of the few people in politics who was willing to speak truth to power. Most politicians accept their bribes and keep their heads down. Platner said shit that would immediately have all the right people contributing to his opponents. Probably won't see that in Maine again. Oh well. 420
Alex Carrigan @volkerball.bsky.social · 07/07/2026They are there to ensure the wants of the few overrule the needs of the many, which is why Platner won in the first place. You can rules lawyer it all you want but it won't mean anything if the candidate loses. 000
Alex Carrigan @volkerball.bsky.social · 07/07/2026In Europe and South America those kids are professionals at 8 years old. When you're playing kids who grew up in the top U16 teams in the world and you grew up playing for Roosevelt High, you're gonna have a bad time. 100
Alex Carrigan @volkerball.bsky.social · 07/07/2026A past their prime superstar is better than a never was. The US has little talent and depth. Just a few players worth mentioning on the roster. 110
Alex Carrigan @volkerball.bsky.social · 07/07/2026He was normalizing anti-trans views by standing firmly against them and calling them a made up bogeyman to distract from real issues like wealth inequality? Makes sense. 110
Alex Carrigan @volkerball.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Yeah because the proud boys were lining up behind a Democrat in Maine who supported trans kids in school sports. All the talk about the tattoo glosses over the fact that we have a party doing its best to emulate the Nazi's and Platner wasn't in it. 220
Alex Carrigan @volkerball.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I liked that he was willing to say things about the ruling class that he would not say if he was trying to curry favor and solicit campaign bribes. Felt like the working class was getting an unlikely ally from a strange place. Back to your regularly scheduled controlled opposition I guess. 100
Alex Carrigan @volkerball.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Big day for centrists who had to clarify that their relationship with Larry Summers was purely professional. 010
Reposted by Alex CarriganIlhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 25/06/2026I assimilated all the way to Congress and this idiot still tells me to go back where I came from. 370149112909
Reposted by Alex CarriganW.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 25/06/2026The idea that black people or gay people or women or immigrants or trans people could have comported themselves differently to mitigate bigotry against them is an incredibly stupid idea that is also shockingly common. 724777
Alex Carrigan @volkerball.bsky.social · 19/06/2026I didn't know what the Champions League was until the 2010's. I knew who Ronaldinho was though. 010
Alex Carrigan @volkerball.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Give it a few days and I'm sure everyone will forget all about it. 000
Alex Carrigan @volkerball.bsky.social · 08/06/2026I wasn't defending him by saying he's no worse than Trump. I'm saying the analysis is bad, because that same logic would say Trump was a bad nominee. If Trump is a bad nominee, then what does that make the candidates you preferred? The people of Maine will decide if he's flawed or not. 410
Alex Carrigan @volkerball.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Are you a Maine voter? Because if not, i don't care. There's so many actual nazi's and nazi adjacent people in politics and business, it seems weird to focus on a tattooed bumpkin who very clearly pins the problems of this nation on the rich and politicians, not on immigrants. 110
Alex Carrigan @volkerball.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Reminder the president had a scandal where he used campaign contributions to pay off a porn star, and won two elections after that. Meanwhile Kamala was one of two Democrats in decades to lose the popular vote, while being as center and inoffensive as possible. Y'all are behind the times. 450
