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"Enraged hermit" aspiring to chaotic good. Tech, gardening, politics, Quakerism, Green, and more. Cis, he/his. Also @simonstl@mastodon.social

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This is a thing I try to inculcate in private citizen CCW toters.

If you are carrying a gun, any altercation you get into has a chance of turning into a lethal force incident. You don’t get to yell at people in traffic anymore.

12.03.2026 18:50 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

we expelled them, blacklisted them, called cops to beat the shit out of them, and deported them. why aren't they protesting again? i'm very smart

12.03.2026 19:28 πŸ‘ 496 πŸ” 96 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 2
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β€œ.. Neither side can afford to let the other’s narrative settle uncontested. The fight is not only over shipping lanes but over the perception of who controls them.l

@mediaite.com
www.mediaite.com/opinion/trum...

12.03.2026 18:02 πŸ‘ 874 πŸ” 283 πŸ’¬ 66 πŸ“Œ 20

If only Kevin Hassett wasn't keeping me from talking about Swarthmore. (And A. Mitchell Palmer, and...)

12.03.2026 22:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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using public office to name and shame evil landlords into submission is so cool. i hope democrats learn from him

12.03.2026 22:11 πŸ‘ 6868 πŸ” 1332 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 56

Why is it that every piece that says "We must solve these hard truths" then ends up rattling off a bunch of generic, reactionary talking points?

12.03.2026 22:21 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

more balluga amirite

12.03.2026 22:34 πŸ‘ 102 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ultrawealthy Consider $500 Million Fund to Influence California Politics Silicon Valley billionaires have been seething over the threat of more taxes and regulations at home. Now, a proposed nine-figure fund aims to give wealthy Californians an unprecedented tool to reshap...

www.bloomberg.com/news/article... "By turning to capital gains instead of individual donations to bankroll political campaigns, the endowment could also reduce the amount of donor information disclosed publicly, one of the people familiar with the matter said." Is this good

12.03.2026 22:34 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The US military is great at lethality. Truly world-class. Point to something and the US military can kill everyone there.

But lethality is a means, not an end. Ends are inherently political.

Said millions of times but bears repeating, since the people who don’t get it are in charge of the country.

12.03.2026 14:51 πŸ‘ 1451 πŸ” 312 πŸ’¬ 81 πŸ“Œ 10

i feel like if i was tasked with not starting a war and bringing back US manufacturing jobs, i could have done a better job than this

12.03.2026 22:36 πŸ‘ 18398 πŸ” 2065 πŸ’¬ 602 πŸ“Œ 122

I'm sorry I ever criticized my dad for exclusively listening to music he loved in his teens and twenties because my God, I get it now.

12.03.2026 20:27 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

I have been staring at "cultivating a partisan centrist vision on the left" for a solid six minutes and now I have a headache

12.03.2026 04:43 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0

every jew in the world could be gone and the rich would still exploit the poor and you'd have to invent us as an explanation

12.03.2026 20:31 πŸ‘ 300 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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State Legislature Proposes Major Boost to Immigrant Legal Services The governor and legislature are negotiating over immigration legislation outside of the budget process.

NEW: The state legislature is proposing a major increase in funding to help immigrants defend themselves in court amid President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign.

nysfocus.com/2026/03/11/i...

11.03.2026 15:27 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Letting Tucker and Fuentes control this area of the media is CATASTROPHIC for mainstream liberalism and the success of Democratic politicians.

12.03.2026 20:32 πŸ‘ 133 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Respectfully, eat shit. Those kids were expelled, arrested, and targeted relentlessly by their school administrations with the specific goal of preventing further protest. Eighteen year old kids were held down and maced by campus security, hit point blank with tear gas canisters by riot cops.

12.03.2026 18:32 πŸ‘ 4545 πŸ” 935 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 28

inverse baudrillard (BREAM)

12.03.2026 20:44 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

it is the year 2026 and i just had to download a printer driver because windows somehow forgot my printer can print on both sides.

computers were a mistake.

12.03.2026 20:41 πŸ‘ 1510 πŸ” 56 πŸ’¬ 81 πŸ“Œ 3

i think if i were put in charge of drawing congressional maps i'd be doing totally inane but ultimately harmless shit like dividing governors island across as many districts as possible or drawing little hearts and stars in the middle of central park

12.03.2026 20:46 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sickening racism from a sitting senator. The Ogles hate is contagious.

You’re either calling this out or normalizing it. There’s no third option.

12.03.2026 17:51 πŸ‘ 9257 πŸ” 2770 πŸ’¬ 1257 πŸ“Œ 415

this is part of why leftism without antifascism is pretty useless. fascism figured out how to hack leftist movements, and if you don't respond to that, you just lose.

12.03.2026 17:29 πŸ‘ 113 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Someone in NYC should do interviews with middle-school kids who take the subway to and from school every day, to see if they have any advice for Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy who can't seem to go a single day without pissing himself in fear over them.

12.03.2026 18:27 πŸ‘ 7668 πŸ” 1322 πŸ’¬ 165 πŸ“Œ 50

At this point it's barely even a boycott, I've just stopped thinking of Target as a place to buy the things I used to buy at Target.

12.03.2026 00:50 πŸ‘ 2437 πŸ” 318 πŸ’¬ 66 πŸ“Œ 21

So embarrassing that anyone left to relay this history to future generations will have to explain how everything came unglued using words like β€œworkslop” β€œenshittification” β€œlooksmaxxing” and β€œwarfighter”

12.03.2026 19:38 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

1000% this. like, i came of age in peak south park times, i know you can get a rush out of edgy stuff when suddenly there are no parents to police you.

but like, it shouldn’t take a good person long to realize *why* some words and ideas have sharp edges, and who they cut when used

12.03.2026 17:11 πŸ‘ 327 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

oh fuck off

12.03.2026 12:45 πŸ‘ 4075 πŸ” 533 πŸ’¬ 224 πŸ“Œ 339

βœ…

12.03.2026 00:56 πŸ‘ 147 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

More cars is never ever the answer. If someone is trying to sell you how safe they are, they've already lost the argument. They're not safe; they're just adding more cars to the road.

12.03.2026 16:18 πŸ‘ 180 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0

At this point even American citizens shouldn’t show up to this thing. Just have cleared out stadiums, camera coverage of empty seats and silent fields.

12.03.2026 16:16 πŸ‘ 118 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry about setting off a global energy crisis guys here’s a fresh tariff. 🀑

11.03.2026 23:17 πŸ‘ 1211 πŸ” 279 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 7