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jamirepoix@nimrodtzarking.bsky.social |
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Game writer & designer. K12 teacher.
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Pickle Tiedrich
@prettyliltakemachine.is-extremely.gay
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Remembering things a presidential candidate said and did is a highly advanced form of kompromat disinformaskiya first developed in the Soviet Union
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jamirepoix
@nimrodtzarking.bsky.social
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feels like when i say "democracy is empty without direct action" people assume i mean "go kill guys," which really steps on my desire to joke about killing guys
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jamirepoix
@nimrodtzarking.bsky.social
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good regular guy things to do in a fallen democracy: 1) Volunteer money or time to your city's mutual aid fund, and other groups organizing direct action. 2) Talk to your neighbors, friends, and coworkers. Find out what they need. Try to help. 3) Support your local trade and labor unions.
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Peter
@notalawyer.bsky.social
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a lot of people seem to think my annoyance here is with jokes about political violence, which i’m on record saying are fine and cathartic. my annoyance is with people who disengage with effective forms of politics and replace them with fantasies
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jamirepoix
@nimrodtzarking.bsky.social
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"The time for resistance has passed; now you must Submit" is such a cool line for the "pro-democracy" guys to take.
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jamirepoix
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Eggs: the great eggqualizer.
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southpaw
@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
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After the Court’s decision yesterday, I think there’s an argument from necessity for Biden seizing Trump and trying him by military tribunal, given the sudden unavailability of Article III courts. Plus, itʼs just the sort of thing they’ve authorized an active and energetic chief executive to do.
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jamirepoix
@nimrodtzarking.bsky.social
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The function of a system is what it does.
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Scott Grabinski
@sjg27.bsky.social
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RIP Forrest (whoever you were) what a memorial, what a way to go. #dumptruck
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jamirepoix
@nimrodtzarking.bsky.social
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They have also helpfully introduced the "reduce the court" option 👀
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jamirepoix
@nimrodtzarking.bsky.social
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The virgin Project 2025 vs the Chad "Crime is legal."
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nattie winters
@utilitylimb.bsky.social
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i think it’s good when people post about their weird sex shit online. online should be as hostile as possible toward anyone trying to use online for normal reasons because the people that want to use online for normal reasons are complete psychopaths.
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jamirepoix
@nimrodtzarking.bsky.social
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You do not have the power to simply declare by fiat that the logical implications of your statements don't exist. That is beyond the scope of human intention- it's childish thinking.
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jamirepoix
@nimrodtzarking.bsky.social
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If you think that's a concession that SHOULD be made, then stop slinking around and say it like a grownup. "We must allow Biden to fund a genocide because the alternative is domestic turmoil without geopolitical improvements. We must accept the genocide of Palestinian children as inevitable."
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jamirepoix
@nimrodtzarking.bsky.social
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You *can't* not talk about Gaza. I don't mean that as a prescription but a basic logical inevitability. You're talking about why people like or dislike Biden- Gaza is part of that. When you say we have to make concessions when evaluting candidates, that's one of the exact concessions being made.
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Prisonculture
@prisonculture.bsky.social
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With zero self-reflection about the fact that a number of Leftists have made the point for at least 2 years that a different nominee was needed for all of the reasons that are now apparently clear to everyone.
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Atrios
@eschatonblog.com
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my normie facebook friends are now expressing wishes for biden to drop out and i'm just amazed at months and months of "don't criticize biden or the bad orange man wins" has now become "biden's brain doesn't work, that guy needs to go tomorrow" all from the same people
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jamirepoix
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unironically yes
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jamirepoix
@nimrodtzarking.bsky.social
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And since an inclination to silence criticism has brought us to the breaking point, my fear that my criticisms will drill holes in the boat are simply less honed than my fear that silence will encourage the boat's continues collapse.
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jamirepoix
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And so while i think you may have a point, it's not one that's likely to soothe critics' wrath, because it's already been deployed against us in bad faith, and has become a self-fulfilling process through that course.
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jamirepoix
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It's partially a matter of timing. The sooner people point out Biden's issues, the more time the party has to course-correct. But the party and its voters spent much of the last year stridently shouting down all such warnings. That failure to adapt created a situation where criticism is dangerous.
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jamirepoix
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an unserious people careening towards extremely serious times
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jamirepoix
@nimrodtzarking.bsky.social
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weird to imagine that we'll still have all of These People around after democracy collapses. Imagine your parents subscribing to the patreon of their favored militia once the vote is gone. Dads investing 35% in the People's Front 65% for the Fists of Christ because "im really an independent"
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jamirepoix
@nimrodtzarking.bsky.social
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"buhhh but what about the children" I'm a reading teacher; you can read drunk.
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jamirepoix
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i just need to get my student loans forgiven and make a down payment on a house- then i think i can start day drinking at work.
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jamirepoix
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Buddy, you're repeating yourself, and i dont want to waste my day repeating myself to someone incapable of hearing. Go have a bad day.
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jamirepoix
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Moron!
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jamirepoix
@nimrodtzarking.bsky.social
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No, i dont think "the population" is restricted to emancipated Americans, nor that the views of emancipated Americans meaningfully reflect the opinions of stakeholders in American policy.
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jamirepoix
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Yeah buddy that's not a democratic message. You've given up and now you're whining because other people have hope that democracy can achieve more than this.
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jamirepoix
@nimrodtzarking.bsky.social
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I certainly dont care about you- go stick your head in a toilet and leave it there until the world goes dark.
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jamirepoix
@nimrodtzarking.bsky.social
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If you cant see how that signifies an irreparable fall to fascism has already occurred, I dont know how to help you. But i also reject your premise- i believe in democracy because i believe it IS compatible with protecting Palestinian life, but not if people follow your nihilistic messaging.
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jamirepoix
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Your democracy is entirely captured by a fascist war machine. It does not become democratic simply because rhatachine's operators get to vote between 10,000 bombs and 9,000
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jamirepoix
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And in general, "accept that you have no choice but to submit to evil" is not a democratic message
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jamirepoix
@nimrodtzarking.bsky.social
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I do not buy this idea that privileging the political preferences of the imperial core's preferred citizenry is meaningfully democratic in an international context
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jamirepoix
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I believe deeply in the power of democracy but bloodthirst and callous cynics like yourself constantly, unwittingly argue against it even as you defend it. "Genocide is fine when we vote for it, and also it's the only option" is not a pro-democracy message!
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jamirepoix
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Really? So how are the palestinians deciding for us to sell the israelis bombs and for the israelis to use those bombs on their children? How did the palestinian children choose this fate?
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jamirepoix
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The belief that Biden can't be pushed into a morally and politically sustainable position is defeatist and self-fulfilling. Your wonkish doomerism enables genocide.
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jamirepoix
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So the political preferences of a few insulated westerners can decide the fate of the world? Fucking nonsense, America is a force-hegemonizing machine and "John Brown Stan" is implicitly arguing such himself.
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jamirepoix
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The John Brown tangent is a stupid distraction incited by your own choice to steal his valor. I am calling out the absurdities of your position; nobody gives a shit about a history debate. Again, you evade because your own beliefs collapse under their own merits.
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jamirepoix
@nimrodtzarking.bsky.social
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And for that I call you: fraud, coward, liar, fascist, dummy, dork, and dickless spineless slime. (Apologies if you are in fact a dickless individual- i promise i mean the statement purely as a pejorativd, not a political indictment of literal dicklessness per se. You dickless shitmuncher.)
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jamirepoix
@nimrodtzarking.bsky.social
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It seems that you accept, implicitly, that the american war machine is a necessity of this so-called liberal international order, that it will refuse any solidarity with palestinians, and that we must rationally submit due to the machine's overwhelming power.
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jamirepoix
@nimrodtzarking.bsky.social
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However, your instinct that it would lead to violence- that the liberal international order you espouse would inevitably respond to mass resistance worh violence- is true, and very damning of your own allegiance to said liberal international order.
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jamirepoix
@nimrodtzarking.bsky.social
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And my critique of electoralism- that it is empty without grassroots proletarian organization- is not itself a call for violence.
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jamirepoix
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You are- deliberately- conflating the call to resist arming the Israelis, and to support politicians who support that resistance- with alliance towards Hamas and a call to personally commit violence. That's dishonest and it speaks to a severe insecurity in your own position.
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jamirepoix
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This tendency to attribute to your political rivals the stupidest positions you can come up with is the behavior of a child, not a serious person. Find a single example in this thread where anyone attributed insanity to John Brown, or demanded that we personally go fight alongside Hamas.
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jamirepoix
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there's only really room for debate if a moose ate like an honorary uncle or their ex step dad's kids
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Emissary Of Night | ليلى
@diplomatofnight.com
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This piece (by a friend, disclaimer) gets at why AIPAC having to spend 20,000,000USD is actually indicative of weakness, not strength. It should be noted this is less about Bowman as a candidate one way or the other and more about the past, present, and future role of pro-Israel lobbying.
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Emissary Of Night | ليلى
@diplomatofnight.com
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The TLDR is that once upon a time, actually just a decade ago, AIPAC didn't have to spend a single dollar on primaries and now it does. There wasn't a pro-Palestine bloc, and now there is. There wasn't a truly viable pro-Israel alternative in J-Street, and now there is.
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jamirepoix
@nimrodtzarking.bsky.social
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There's nothing self destructive about arguing that we should organize with our fellow workers, nor that we should hold the line on resisting genocide. You are reciting thought terminating cliches because you cant accept what you've become and dont have faith that there's a way out. May God heal you
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