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Andrew Zolides, Ph.D. @zolides.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Is Pete Hegseth a serial killer? (Sincere question/thought experiment; not a joke) I think there is ample evidence the answer is ‘Yes.’ "Qu'est-ce que c'est?"

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Andrew Zolides, Ph.D. @zolides.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

In conclusion, I sincerely believe the United States Secretary of Defense - with authority over the most well-funded military on earth - is a psychopath and serial killer. "Qu'est-ce que c'est?"

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Andrew Zolides, Ph.D. @zolides.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

He has documented substance abuse problems (also seen in the ‘chasing the highs’ granted by killing).

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Andrew Zolides, Ph.D. @zolides.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

After ‘successes’ (boat killings, Venezuela raid), he seeks new and more ‘exciting’ challenges, possibly trying to get another ‘high’ (quick move from Venezuela to Iran War).

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Andrew Zolides, Ph.D. @zolides.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

When confronted with clear and abject failure (Iran), he lashes out with more displays of violence, but different style killings in an attempt to regain ‘control.’ (livestream firing squad)

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Andrew Zolides, Ph.D. @zolides.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

He enjoys using slurs. (super common amongst many serial killers)

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Andrew Zolides, Ph.D. @zolides.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

He is obsessed with gender and its performance.

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Andrew Zolides, Ph.D. @zolides.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

He dresses and styles himself like Patrick Bateman. That is to say, the outward appearance of sophistication is meticulously maintained to ‘mask’ the psychopathy. Clear fears of letting the mask ‘slip’ to show the baser animal underneath who is incapable of handling his base urges (to kill).

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Andrew Zolides, Ph.D. @zolides.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

By ‘renaming’ the Department, he shows his preference for exacting violence outwardly and proactively rather than being defense and ‘reactive’ to the threats of others.

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Andrew Zolides, Ph.D. @zolides.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

He seems obsessed with describing and presenting his work; the expressions of and reactions to the killings seem more important than the acts themselves (see boats killings)

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Andrew Zolides, Ph.D. @zolides.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

He clearly takes pleasure in directing the killings of others; it is not ‘just his job’

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Andrew Zolides, Ph.D. @zolides.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Is Pete Hegseth a serial killer? (Sincere question/thought experiment; not a joke) I think there is ample evidence the answer is ‘Yes.’ "Qu'est-ce que c'est?"

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Andrew Zolides, Ph.D. @zolides.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

My wife’s reaction: “That’s from the second game.”

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Adrienne Massanari @adriennemassanari.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Yelling about AI literacy instead of actually holding tech/media companies to account is so exhausting and repeats a tired refrain. First it was media literacy. Then it was social media literacy. Now it's AI literacy. It's not a literacy crisis when the technologies are working as designed.

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Andrew Zolides, Ph.D. @zolides.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

🎶 Aaaaoooo. Werewolves of London. 🎶

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Andrew Zolides, Ph.D. @zolides.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I never like to do the "why are they talking about that when we should be talking about this"... But in this case, if your political/cultural analysis doesn't reckon with or acknowledge the open, ongoing destruction of democracies, egalitarianism, and liberalism by obvious actors... you're lost.

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Andrew Zolides, Ph.D. @zolides.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This is really important. When we talk about the need to ‘deprogram’ folks, the real target ought to be people still believing we aren’t facing a fascistic, authoritarian, anti-democratic threat and that everything else is sort of secondary to that.

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JDG @cottonmather.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The reason this reads as so refreshing and even bracing: the publication is privileging truth over lies. The truth is known. The govt. is saying false things. The report *observes this fact and then asks what the implications are*. That is not common industry practice on the politics beat.

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Andrew Zolides, Ph.D. @zolides.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

As someone who lives in Cincinnati, this was a very “Leo pointing at screen” meme moment, as Vance’s last minute trips to and from his home here are incredibly disruptive. Shuts down all traffic around his neighborhood, which is actually in a densely populated area.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/10/2026

Abdul El-Sayed on Fox News: "I don't want to choke anyone out. What I'm interested in is making sure that everybody can breathe. And right now you've got an economy where folks are getting choked out because they don't have the basic means of a dignified life."

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Andrew Zolides, Ph.D. @zolides.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“We reflect society” is always the biggest tell for people who are poor journalists/media makers. It removes all agency and responsibility, because the very act of writing and creating shapes reality and society. You can’t claim to be outside of society merely ‘reporting’ when you exist IN society

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Andrew Zolides, Ph.D. @zolides.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This is so incredibly naive. The primary ideological divide isn’t about minimum wage or welfare or tax rates… it’s about whether we should have a liberal democracy or not. It’s actually that simple - one group believes in liberal democracy and one pretty explicitly does not.

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Polarization Is Not the Problem." The paragraph below says more about "both sides" journalism than just about anything I have read. By @lilymasonphd.bsky.social It's starting to get attaction. So read the rest, and let me know what you think. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

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treb @treblaw.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

stolen from @dhm.bsky.social!

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🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 04/10/2026

this is a well-reported piece with an awful lot written between the lines, and one of the things that jumps out at me is just how ill-informed these people are. the trucker, his partner, his mother — they can’t even agree *amongst themselves* on a shared understanding of events

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Andrew Zolides, Ph.D. @zolides.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I had the same thought. Might be my 5th AEW show, and I never remember seeing this many kids. Wondering if it’s WWE pricing out families…?

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Andrew Zolides, Ph.D. @zolides.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

My 3 year old daughter just now: “I’m going to sit down and relax and watch hockey.” She’s got it figured out already.

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Andrew Zolides, Ph.D. @zolides.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

No one. Not one person is prepared for how bizarre a true “lame duck” Trump will be.

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Andrew Zolides, Ph.D. @zolides.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is a 1000x worse than calling Trump supporters “deplorable,” it’s coming from the sitting VP, and it’s getting basically no coverage.

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Andrew Zolides, Ph.D. @zolides.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And the context completely changes based on when it was filmed to when it aired. Reframes everything he said, but only deepens it beyond the original ‘intent.’ Truly magical

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Andrew Zolides, Ph.D. @zolides.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I said this exact phrase at the Danielson/Mox hug.

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Andrew Zolides, Ph.D. @zolides.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Lamenting the loss of the Pop-Tarts Bowl we are denied

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Andrew Zolides, Ph.D. @zolides.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“Writing is not essential for achieving thought,” WRITES Joe Cruz. So why should I read something he… wrote?

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”

Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
Google
Dario Amodei
Anthropic
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
OpenAl

Elon Musk
XAI

Jensen Huang
nvidia

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Andrew Zolides, Ph.D. @zolides.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Democratic Party: This is a genuinely good first step to winning back ‘independents’ and turning out your base. You have to then actually deliver and punish the lawbreakers, but it’s good if you start by basically calling them assholes.

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Andrew Zolides, Ph.D. @zolides.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If Trump sinks the AI/SI industry… he’ll still be the worst US President ever but… ya know, it would still be nice.

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Andrew Zolides, Ph.D. @zolides.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Most Republicans generally disdain the people they represent, which is why they would rather not live anywhere near them. True for many Dems as well. It’s all about class.

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's good that we invented things like "government" and "the economy" but we can't meaningfully participate in them if the people in charge are constantly rubbing in our faces that these things are fake, and in fact you are a naive doofus if you think otherwise. That's a society on life support

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Elizabeth Bennett @elizabethbennettjd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“Trump’s first term has been memory-holed… His prior decades of illicit activity have vanished from the public domain: because there is no public domain. The public domain was purchased and destroyed by oligarchs: purchased to be destroyed.”

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Andrew Zolides, Ph.D. @zolides.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My daughter wants me to drive her to the mall. My daughter is three.

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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The accounting is in: In Oregon there are 111 data centers. The TOTAL number of people employed at data centers is just 2,630, or 0.1% of the labor force. Those 100 data centers consumer 23% of all electricity used in Oregon. Meanwhile, electricity rates skyrocket as more centers are built.

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Oregon data centers by the numbers: 111 facilities consume nearly one-quarter of state’s power, according to new report

A first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities.

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Andrew Zolides, Ph.D. @zolides.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Trump is the apotheosis of American conservatism. This is why he isn’t just supported; he is deified.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women

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