Joshua Erlich

lol this was nuts. unhinged. had a great time.

eggo chamber

oh no not garlic

I think the adjustment I’ve been struggling with is that the specific problem we’re having right now—a ruling class that’s left factual premises aside to pursue bigotry and terror—is not one endemic to capitalism but instead to an unaccountable sovereign of any stripe

One of the tenets of my own personal socialism is that capital will always work in its own interests, and seeing that assumption fail in such a spectacularly illogical direction is breaking my brain in a way I just did not anticipate. I simply don't know how to adjust my priors for this.

it’s really unclear what works on him but some things do seem to work?

the whole ‘chickens out’ thing is pretty dumb but it comes from him changing his mind, presumably because someone talked to him. maybe it’s literally the tv.

…. yeah

oh no, she came at me a couple of days ago. have fun.

this is an absolute twenty alarm fire and I just cannot bring myself to believe capital, in one way or another, isn’t going to reel him in on this.

we can’t have a real economy without the goddamn labor numbers. it just doesn’t work.

fathered countless small plates

if you think for a moment that you’ve found a nuance in a Trump position, what you’ve located is a lie

I’m going to say something actually controversial here.

Denying Israel’s commission of genocide and decades of oppression, war crimes, and crimes against humanity because you’re afraid that admitting it will lead to genocide against Israel and Jews is inexcusably depraved, not humanizing.

not particularly fair of Reuters to make this guy, who is the director of the Texas Civil Rights Project, the face of law firm cowardice

tfw you don't get your cheese

[solemnly] dick pill mukbang

what do you call it when you're talking about yourself but you don't know your talking about yourself

tearing up realizing that I’ve probably sued people you worked for

you know the world is ending when Summers is supporting a woman in STEM

Meet the Squonk, Pennsylvania’s depressed, pig-like creature “It’s gone from ‘what’s a Squonk’ to ‘Hey, that’s a Squonk’ to ‘see you at Squonkapalooza.’”

Look I don't like John Fetterman either but he has a name

disgusting

and genocide!

been thinking about this picture since yesterday. cannot get over how unhinged this is.

it's very strange!

marcy, i'm not doing this again. i don't want to block you because you're a good journalist, but keep my name out of your mouth.

Mpanadas on Columbia Pike

as described

breakfast empanadas, horchata latte, cat

Stephen Nunez @socio-steve.bsky.social • 13h The AK in AK-47 stands for "Assault Knife" Steve @rapidlydownhill.bsky.social • 3h No. The AK-47, or Avtomat Kalashnikova model of the year 1947. Designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov. Avtomat translates to Automatic (or contextually to Automatic Machine). Kalashnikova means it "belongs" or is "of" Kalashnikov, the designer. Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social • 2h No it's assault knife. Just like how the AR in AR-15 stands for assault rifle. Steve @rapidlydownhill.bsky.social • 2h Still unconvinced? Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social • 2h Look is assault rifle and assault knife. Does exactly what is says on the tin. You Internet weirdos make everything more complicated than it needs to be. Steve @rapidlydownhill.bsky.social • 2h So. No acceptance of facts? Fair enough. You can believe what you want. I might have expected more from an apparently well educated person. Expect others to learn but not be willing to do so yourself. Resorting to insults is another sign of your insecurity. Good day sir.

not doing this with you today marcy

ultimately, the long term harm is hard to gauge because does it really matter if you legalize bribery *after* you agreed to fund the brownshirts and the camps?

hard to say

Schumer caving on the budget will probably be seen as the biggest legislative mistake of this administration but that crypto bill is gaining fast and probably ends up being an early exhibit in explaining how we lost a republic