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Jeff Stirling

@stirlingthinks.bsky.social

Humanist, researcher, teacher, manservant to an imperious dog.

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Yeah, that war was chosen to destroy a sovereign nation's government.
Fine, we're all glad he's gone, but a war that is not responding to a specific and imminent threat to the nation is not within a president's power in this constitutional democracy.
Congress? You still there?

01.03.2026 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I guess we now live in a world where a rapidly sundowning 80-year-old has the keys to the nuclear arsenal, can single-handedly declare war on his own shitty social media site, and make life and death wartime decisions from his all-you-can-eat shrimp bar at his smelly 1970s-era private club.
My god.

01.03.2026 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Can someone please explain to me why the really skilled assassins only kill the good guys, while the incompetent ones miss and only make the bad guys stronger? Anyone?

Claus von Stauffenberg share.google/SlqkYRidAZTI...

28.02.2026 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Send this kid in the first wave

28.02.2026 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well, what we all have to remember is that the dullards learn pretty quickly that they can succeed and ascend by joining the crackpot team, thereby avoiding having to compete with all the smart ones for fame, cash, and political prizes.

27.02.2026 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Genuine 'fall guy' momentum here

27.02.2026 11:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We absolutely do not need more 'failure of imagination' atm.

27.02.2026 04:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There are many competing idiots, but this guy with two 1st names welded together is a serious contender for biggest congressional idiot of the month

26.02.2026 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Orgasmic

25.02.2026 04:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

American fascism fully formed.

25.02.2026 03:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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C'mon bitch, 'Greenland' and 'fake polls' are right there waiting! πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈπŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ

25.02.2026 02:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Watching the Trump cabinet members come into the chamber, I'm thinking we are clearly witnessing the most insane and dangerous cabinet secretaries since the Jefferson Davis administration.

25.02.2026 02:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is exactly how I see it.
What a failure of imagination in that locker room, what a missed chance to bond the NHL to a bigger future.
A rivalry between US and Canadian players is good, but it stays deeply respectful. Open misogyny was a fatal mistake. Jack Hughes showed you how, but . . .

24.02.2026 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Every teacher of complex ideas hates the demand for pithy short videos. All of us.
We've seen the shrinking attention span of the young people we teach, in real time.

23.02.2026 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a perfect description.
He wants to lead the people he's hated his entire career.

23.02.2026 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Imagine winning an Olympic gold medal in men's hockey and then *immediately* destroying every bit of that coolness by partying with a graspy little dork like Kash Patel.

23.02.2026 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 6265    πŸ” 818    πŸ’¬ 189    πŸ“Œ 57

No. He's not pretending.
Mike Lee is that stupid.
A box of rocks has a higher level of intelligence.

23.02.2026 01:13 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜No one deserves this’: Beaverton father dies after deportation to Mexico A Beaverton family is grieving after the father, who was detained and deported by ICE, has now died.

This 53 year old man who lived in my neighborhood w/no criminal record & who had been in the US for 30 years, was detained and thrown into a cold cell for days, caught pneumonia and COVID there and deported.

He finally died.

I am so angry.
www.kptv.com/2026/02/21/n...

21.02.2026 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 13144    πŸ” 6653    πŸ’¬ 400    πŸ“Œ 368

Iran is not Iraq or Afghanistan. It is a nation of 92 million people, with deep military roots, proxy forces across the Middle East, and powerful backers in Russia and China. You can β€œtake out” its leadership, but the Revolutionary Guard has layers of command built to survive exactly that.

19.02.2026 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And I will state what the idiots are choosing not to understand:
If you think a little war with Iran will be like Venezuela, you're delusional.
If you think Iran is an easier adversary than Afghanistan or Iraq, you've got another think coming.

19.02.2026 03:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The US political class is running out of time.
We're at the same place they were in 1790, and y'all know what happened next.

19.02.2026 01:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🎯
You see this phenomenon in other places, too. They go after the big city, and they fully expect the predominantly white burbs to support their efforts.
I live in Portland, Oregon.
Their assumptions didn't materialize here either.
We are mostly nice, but we are not weak.

17.02.2026 05:13 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Everyone needs to know and understand what Black women have always known:
A binary electoral system like ours is an exercise in harm reduction--not a trip to the candy store. πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈπŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

17.02.2026 04:52 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Racist, homophobic m'f'cker.

17.02.2026 01:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Never thought I would see the day that @thewarningses.bsky.social adopts my radical positions

1) Seize SpaceX under National Security
2) Bust up Amazon

Fucking LOVING this interview with @jimacosta.bsky.social

He invoked Teddy R. That's the exact fucking energy we need going forward.

14.02.2026 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 180    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

A question:
What the reactionary fuck does the Supreme Court of the United States do all goddamned day? πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

14.02.2026 04:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes. Yes and Yes.
The tax code has been a boon for the wealthy since 1980 ffs.

14.02.2026 00:16 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh. So they're not bothering to follow the law. Okay.
Shocked I am.

13.02.2026 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Never forget who Rufo is:

10.02.2026 03:46 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0