We need social media that serves as an engine of local party creation and an organizing framework by which those parties can coordinate political action at the state and national levels. Define parties by ranking the priorities listed in the Preamble. Leaders prove residence, vouch other members in.

Schrodinger's Catanglement Put a cat in a box and close it. Divide the box with a pair of adjacent blades into two boxes with blades for lids. Distribute the boxes to parties which part ways. Now either party can open their own box and have a pretty good idea whether or not the cat is still alive.

Godzilla does not wipe his feet and has poor table manners. Trying to drive him into the sea is a waste of missiles - let's just focus on calling out the effect his attack has on prices. Vote for us or he'll eat your city next!

Democrats@democrats.org · 3w ago

Donald Trump is a liar and a loser.

Invest early in the mining frenzy that will ensue during the million years or so following our transit through the galactic plane - the solar system is doing most of the work for us! Also, though, it'll prevent all those new planetesimals from becoming new waves of mass extinction as they shatter.

Different meteorites, same birthplace

In the early days of the Solar System, the region just beyond Jupiter’s orbit was a breeding ground for planetesimals, the precursors of planets, asteroids, and comets. As new simulations show, ...

eurekalert.org

To call them a kakistocracy is to identify the surface - this is the current that drives those overt waves of incompetence and cartoonish corruption:

AiLx@ailxsays.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The law assumes human-scale violation. The exploit operates at administrative/machine scale. This mismatch disables redress. That's the con.

My bet for Colbert's number: eleventy-seven

That the settlement can be described as theft from us all, and also as criminals benefiting from their crime, are very salacious points; the salient point is that we are now a nation purely of Executive fiat, prison or riches at whim - Congress's power and the court's power are both utterly usurped.

The old tug-of-war between Democrats and Republicans has been hijacked by Russia tugging Republicans and Israel tugging Democrats, and they don't pull against each other, they drag us to the tar pit they prepared for us: Iran; for decades Israel was their cause to fortify and Russia was their means.

Any line you imagine the regime won't cross is something they will definitely transgress just to see the look on your face. I've heard it said they respect nothing, but they go far beyond that: anything that anyone respects becomes a target to transgress unto destruction for depraved schadenfreude.

It's transducers all the way down. Free will is an illusion, proof of the supernatural, or both to varying degrees. If anyone has ever experienced the divine then anyone can - accept no substitutes for your own experience, nor tempt anyone to accept your story as a substitute for having their own.

It's not too late for the Democratic Party to split into Progressives and Traditionalists, draw all the Republicans who wish they weren't fascists into the Traditionalists, and present a decisive majority to scrub the fascists out of power by impeachment and expulsion. No need to wait for elections!

America is exporting credibility in exchange for lessons in reality-based planning.

In another universe, the latest Bondi hearing started with a statement from the Democratic Chair: "We saw how you treated the Senate Democrats, so we didn't bring our good faith today. We brought zingers. You are going to sit there while we make fun of you until we get tired of it. You may resign."

'Double-You' deserves its own name. Helpful context: Tee-You-Vee-*___*-Ex-Why-Zee Options: Wee Woo Wah Way Wih Woe Ow Ew Aw Oo Dub Oui Oui! Dubya Choose! (Or propose another.)

Most look a the sea and have already seen, but some peer into the depths - they'd be called fools if not for the timely warnings they sometimes give. False Enlightenment ensues when one, wishing to emulate the wise, finds in the depths their own reflection and, this being superior to most, settles.

One of the root dysfunctions of our Union is the belief/expectation that our federal legislators should try to get federal resources into their states, but that makes a pathological institution. Our federal legislators should be focused on what's best for the Union.

It is not enough to refuse illegal orders: those who gave illegal orders should be immediately taken into custody, the chain of command rolled up like a criminal organization by the soldiers on the spot, up to the order's origin.

We are, no doubt, going to primary all the feckless Democrats. However, the ballot access belongs to the DNC, and they are going to tell the Secretaries of State to put the incumbents and the feckless on the ballots. That is when violence will begin, and it is the shed toward which they herd us.

Looks like we have a new de facto party leader.

Congresswoman Robin Kelly@robinkelly.house.gov · 7mo ago

I’m impeaching Secretary Noem for violating public trust. Secretary Noem is a liar. She lied about the shootings in Chicago, and she lied about the shooting in Minneapolis. We need transparent federal investigations that include state and local officials to keep the public informed and assured.

The Quaternion of Inauthenticity: Cringe, Irony, Sarcasm To be sarcastically ironic is cringe, to be ironically sarcastic is anticringe. (I think the point of diminishing returns in fun to be had from this has been reached before the other rotations are considered, but go ahead 😶 )

It has been established by law enforcement that a moving vehicle constitutes a deadly weapon - it is thus the practice of bad cops to stand in front of a vehicle so that if it moves they can respond with deadly force. This is not the first time, just ICE's first time.

Venezuela is cause to Impeach Trump, Vance, Hegseth, Rubio, and Bondi, but not urgent. The urgent cause to Impeach is to prevent them from attacking our NATO allies, starting in Greenland - that is an unmistakable betrayal of American interests, and stating intent to that effect is cause to Impeach.

Better for all the conservatives in politics to be replaced with historians, the liberals with science fiction authors, and the moderates with teachers and comedians, but the historians, authors, teachers, and comedians would never seek the job because of the politicians they'd have to work with.

Justice denied is worse than injustice applied. Justice denied will perpetuate until sufficient injustice is applied that everyone will settle for justice again - Justice for All, and no being picky about 'All'. We'll soon be hearing that 'tainted wells' of evidence result in unjust prosecutions.

The failure of narrative reasoning - analysis by analogy to stories - is in mistaking the salacious for the salient. General intelligence is the ability to correctly identify the salient, resulting in analysis that is relevant. Propaganda sabotages analysis through salaciousness and convenience.

Soliciting suggestions:

himham@himham.bsky.social · 9mo ago

I made a form letter the other day for impeachment articles so that we could write them ourselves and bring them to protests, etc. But I'm not exactly sure where to host it online for people to use.

@bsky.app, you are being Very Bad Caesars

Sarah Kendzior@sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 9mo ago

I'm reinstated but I will not be here often, except to occasionally respond to readers. I don't want to post on a site whose admins claimed I was planning a murder -- and then would not retract their statement, release a screenshot of what I actually said, or apologize. substack.com/@sarahkendzi...

Well this is just beautiful!

Universal Movement For America@universal4usa.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Every time a someone from the GOP says "illegal immigrants" replace that with the word "Jews" and ask yourself if it sounds like something a Nazi would say. That's how you know it's fascism.

@bsky.app Your puerile defense of the hamfisted application of your policy against @sarahkendzior.bsky.social is an utter failure of your responsibility to be good stewards of the community, a failure of the leadership of your team, and a shameful display of smug, arrogant imperialism. Bad Caesars.

@bsky.app The harms you've committed against @sarahkendzior.bsky.social and the decent society that values her can no longer be repaired without identifying those who've abused their positions and will never again be a part of your organization. It's not policy anymore - people are choosing this.