A good summation of David Brooks and "civility" politics generally: no one on the right-wing can ever be described honestly, while everyone who isn't on the right-wing is always portrayed as a radical breaking cherished norms.

driftglass@driftglass.bsky.social · 2d ago

"Jon Ossoff, my advice to him is, if you start calling your political opponents Nazis, maybe it's time to shut up. That's just not what we do here in this country." -- David Brooks, this evening. Remember, Brooks still gets very handsomely rewarded by the fossilized media for saying shit like this

Right now these people are thinking the $50 wasn’t worth it. 🥴 “You know what they’re doing? They go straight down. You can make those drill bits talk, sing, make them go. They go down. New York’s over here, Pennsylvania. They go down, take a sharp left, and suck our oil out. Can you believe it?”

"Texas schools are underfunded — hundreds have gone to four days a week..." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/o...

Opinion | Republicans Are Worried About Gina Hinojosa. In Texas, I Saw Why. (Gift Article)

The Texas Democrat who says the culture wars are over.

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Going into the midterms with this energy 💙

There’s absolutely no reason why any of these races are tight. Get your vote in, and drag your family & friends along for the ride. We cannot afford a single apathetic voter. We have to protect this country from this unprecedented corruption & cruelty. Get. This. Done. #VoteBlue #Pinks #ProudBlue

USA Should have had investigation & a trial if needed. If found Trump was involved by the courts & found guilty, he could not have run for office. Joe Biden was an excellent President but he was too gentle in this issue! We needed information, firmness & accountability! #Blues

Uh oh, did someone’s website and personal account experience a big drop in activity after Ukraine hit a Russian data center?

Speaking of live-streaming executions… There were white people in America, particularly from the 1880s through the 1930s, who enjoyed watching Black people being lynched. They brought their families, took photos & collected pieces of the victims’ clothing as souvenirs. [1935 — Fort Lauderdale]

Also, the Alberta independent movement basically disappeared after the Yandex site was bombed. Fancy that.

Well, well, well...

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · 6h ago

Ukraine blows up Russian data centres and immediately and mysteriously online talk about Germany’s Far Right AfD virtually disappears. Stop Putin you stop the Far Right.

"Groimes, they kilt my preecious bahts!"

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 5h ago

Uh oh, did someone’s website and personal account experience a big drop in activity after Ukraine hit a Russian data center?

Good news and a thank you to Ukraine! Bot traffic from Russian tech company Yandex’s network has plunged following Ukrainian strikes on its data centers.

And we learned that the Yandex data centers (specifically the one in Vladimir) is where the GRU's troll farms operate.

Listen to Abdul El-Sayed speak gratefully, eloquently & thoughtfully about President Barack Obama. MICHIGAN please elect El-Sayed as your next U.S. Senator #Pinks #Voices4Victory www.threads.com/share/_1hxFn...

Meaghan Wilson Anastasios (@writtenbymeaghan) on Threads

I fucking love this guy. Can we clone him, please? His response to a question about his relationship with Obama.

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here's your periodic random reminder that I have an instagram for my black and white photography —

Jeff Tiedrich on Instagram: "meanwhile, somewhere near the Chrysler Building ..."

2 likes, 1 comments - jefftiedrich on October 11, 2026: "meanwhile, somewhere near the Chrysler Building ...".

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Just 5% of independents approve of Trump’s handling of inflation, per a new poll from FT/FocalData

"Her message is simple: Life has gotten too hard for hard-working people in Texas. Schools are underfunded — hundreds have gone to four days a week — and new artificial intelligence initiatives are no substitute for a good teacher in the classroom."

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze)@newsjennifer.bsky.social · 5h ago

Hinojosa is "showing voters that Republicans represent heedless, exploitative oligarchs. “It’s 99 percent of us against, like, 15 billionaire dudes and the weak leadership that allows them to get away with whatever they want." Sounds like a winning argument to me. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/o...

The targeting of one data center is proving a really useful natural experiment showing which sites and ideologies are an echo chamber of Russian propaganda

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 5h ago

Uh oh, did someone’s website and personal account experience a big drop in activity after Ukraine hit a Russian data center?

Another blatant lie. apnews.com/article/saud...

Please keep burning down the oil refineries

Jack Hopkins-The Original@therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 4h ago

Dear Mr. Zelensky, First, I admire you greatly. Now, please destroy EVERY Russian energy site, and continue wiping out Russian bot/troll farms. With gratitude, -Jack

You can kill as many people as you want, but you target a beautiful precious data center? The one that hosted all 40,000 Sexy Ladies For Ken Paxton accounts?

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 5h ago

Uh oh, did someone’s website and personal account experience a big drop in activity after Ukraine hit a Russian data center?

Truly 👇

Dear Mr. Zelensky, First, I admire you greatly. Now, please destroy EVERY Russian energy site, and continue wiping out Russian bot/troll farms. With gratitude, -Jack

This is fucking wild lmao

Emily Gorcenski@emily.gorcen.ski · 9h ago

I’d love to see a credible source on this but I’m seeing some people saying that Ukraine’s drone strikes on Russian data centers has significantly reduced Russian bot activity on social media, lol

Truth 👇

Girl power. Yes !