Thaddeus

seems obvs to me that mamdani gets far because of his charm. why do "male self improvement" types always focus on things like looksmaxxing instead of personalitymaxxing or charmmaxxing?

because men have fragile egos and they need to be reassured it's not a girly pursuit

he's gonna use the nuclear football on his deathbed. you think he's not that petty?

U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.

when you're locked into a two party system, the government is gonna be led by pedophiles, sorry that's just inevitable

Screenshot of a Reddit post in dark mode from r/greenland, posted by u/Sapotis (tagged Sweden), titled: “To Every American Who’s Sorry” Body text reads: “We’re getting at least 10 posts a day from Americans apologising, and saying things like they didn’t vote for Trump or don’t support his policies. To be blunt, none of that actually matters. You can say you’re different from the rest of Americans, but to the rest of the world, that distinction doesn’t exist. To us, your country is a single entity on the world stage, and it’s threatening its allies. Think about how you view other countries. For example, Russian opposition doesn’t change what Russia does, because that’s their domestic politics. The same thing applies to the US too, except you had the power to choose your president, and you may still have it. So instead of coming here nonstop to apologise on behalf of your country for your constant need for sympathy, focus on actually changing something while you still can.”

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there's a certain psychological niche where your identity is wholly based on opposition to something, which perversely necessitates the continuation of that thing

how much of being a wealthy liberal politician is just wanting to impress and be noticed by the slightly wealthier conservative politicians?

you assume every other citizen is bearing a similar load,

but you get stark reminders now & again: some are cheering on the fascism because they are fascists themselves

most (good) people are just too busy to follow the news. they don't want to get overwhelmed. they have other priorities

turns out, you still have to go to work. You buy groceries. You fall in love. You have laughter at parties that is only occasionally punctuated with guilt for feeling levity during dire circumstances

You go about your day unsure how to feel because you're upset! but there is nowhere to register it

when you experience stories from history—like a WWII documentary—they cut out a lot of daily lived experiences. When fascism takes over your country, you expect every ounce of the citizenry's life is consumed in either resistance or despair

Not to be controversial but I think we should use tools and resources to make people's lives less miserable instead of more

the ghosts would not have trusted you

On the one hand, they have redacted Trump’s name from the Epstein Files. On the other hand, they have put it on the Kennedy Center.

what about your non-human editors? are they aliens? or corporations? or gods?

my own? or..

Time person of the year cover for 2025

I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork

when you're wounded you tend to hide away your mistakes before you have a chance to learn from them

cool maga hack: if the president does something that harms someone you love, that person was actually one of the bad "others" and you never loved them, you pitied them and you're glad the president finally taught them a lesson

weird how Musk alternates between using Nazi symbols positively and negatively

for some people, Jesus is a great moral teacher and an example of the Good Life. I respect that

for others, he is a flag you wave to say "I'm on this team! be nice to me! let's fight the non-Jesus team together!" I don't prefer that. I don't respect it.

Currently, Starbucks workers are on an unfair labor practice strike nationwide, as labor relations between the company and its workers has eroded.

Pledge to not cross a picket line & DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our ULP strike. www.nocontractnocoffee.org

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boomers are uniquely depraved

they don't want to let go of power because successors might hold them accountable for what they've been doing

the United States is an organism

oligarchs are parasites, engorging themselves on our blood

and they've forgotten the cardinal rule of successful parasites: don't kill the host

this is frankly astonishing

most of my problems would melt away if I just practiced self-compassion

what an idiot

my work has us all brainstorm how we could integrate AI into our product and every idea was clippy

manifestation works but not necessarily because of magic

it reclaims your imagination from the clutches of anxiety. it releases you from your inhibitors