Formerly Saysceej
@ceejopolis.bsky.social
My child drew a portrait of me. I do not have hair. I was not wearing glasses at the time.
Silly goose’s get muted. Don’t be a silly goose.
Silly goose’s get muted. Don’t be a silly goose.
Pinned
When I was younger I would listen to Rush or Hannity, and joke that I was “keeping an eye on the opposition.” I would find myself yelling at the radio in the car so I stopped bc it was bad for me.
MMFA took that idea, and did it at scale, and broke the brains of some really talented journalists.
MMFA took that idea, and did it at scale, and broke the brains of some really talented journalists.
The Tom Morello thing is a really good reminder that even when they are mostly ideologically aligned with us, the rich don’t actually care about us.
October 5, 2026 at 4:26 AM
The Tom Morello thing is a really good reminder that even when they are mostly ideologically aligned with us, the rich don’t actually care about us.
It’s always populists who say this type of shit.
The best cure for ideological bias is find someone on the other side and go to lunch with them.
Sometimes we disagree about facts. Sometimes we disagree about values. Figuring out which is which is fun part. https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/my-libertarian-friends-were-right
Sometimes we disagree about facts. Sometimes we disagree about values. Figuring out which is which is fun part. https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/my-libertarian-friends-were-right
October 5, 2026 at 4:06 AM
It’s always populists who say this type of shit.
For what it’s worth, I went and read through the replies to the thread he QTed and there was roughly 1% of them that didn’t just agree with him, and that 1% was the only person providing actually sources.
October 4, 2026 at 8:20 PM
For what it’s worth, I went and read through the replies to the thread he QTed and there was roughly 1% of them that didn’t just agree with him, and that 1% was the only person providing actually sources.
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I said this in a reply yesterday but will reiterate here: I have seen an extensive public conversation about rehabilitating men who commit rape and grossly insufficient conversation about ensuring women who experience rape are not punished for it.
October 4, 2026 at 10:56 AM
I said this in a reply yesterday but will reiterate here: I have seen an extensive public conversation about rehabilitating men who commit rape and grossly insufficient conversation about ensuring women who experience rape are not punished for it.
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When I was younger I would listen to Rush or Hannity, and joke that I was “keeping an eye on the opposition.” I would find myself yelling at the radio in the car so I stopped bc it was bad for me.
MMFA took that idea, and did it at scale, and broke the brains of some really talented journalists.
MMFA took that idea, and did it at scale, and broke the brains of some really talented journalists.
October 1, 2026 at 11:33 AM
When I was younger I would listen to Rush or Hannity, and joke that I was “keeping an eye on the opposition.” I would find myself yelling at the radio in the car so I stopped bc it was bad for me.
MMFA took that idea, and did it at scale, and broke the brains of some really talented journalists.
MMFA took that idea, and did it at scale, and broke the brains of some really talented journalists.
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When Kamala Harris wanted to do this stuff, Theo Von voted
For Donald Trump.
For Donald Trump.
Mayor Mamdani: In nine months, we've started to deliver universal childcare for families. We've paved 200,000 potholes. We're launching the nation's first municipal rule to make it as easy to cancel subscriptions as to sign up
Theo Von: Let's go, bro
Theo Von: Let's go, bro
October 2, 2026 at 4:07 PM
When Kamala Harris wanted to do this stuff, Theo Von voted
For Donald Trump.
For Donald Trump.
Lol at Ross saying “I’m not doing it for engagement.
October 2, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Lol at Ross saying “I’m not doing it for engagement.
What the fuck is happening
October 2, 2026 at 8:15 PM
What the fuck is happening
I didn’t plan on seeing it anyways, but yeah this is accurate.
Spoiled myself on Digger and let out my longest "🙄Okay, man" ever
October 2, 2026 at 3:07 PM
I didn’t plan on seeing it anyways, but yeah this is accurate.
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Sheryl identifies an escalating cycle of violence here, but like many people who fall into this trap, decides that one side just must be more virtuous than the others. They never connect this attitude to the opposition's increasingly escalatory behavior.
Now when I skinned a dozen people alive to make a 100% authentic Leatherface outfit prior to going on a rampage at a summer camp, that may have been an atrocity. But! Have you considered that I was watching a genocide in progress? So frankly, obvious-final-girl, you should really put that gun down.
October 1, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Sheryl identifies an escalating cycle of violence here, but like many people who fall into this trap, decides that one side just must be more virtuous than the others. They never connect this attitude to the opposition's increasingly escalatory behavior.
The replies to this thread show that the thing he asks for in this specific post will never happen.
I voted for Nader in 2000. I was 19 and bought into the all the same BS. I’ve regretted it since that night. It would be nice for abstainers to have even a little of that humility.
I voted for Nader in 2000. I was 19 and bought into the all the same BS. I’ve regretted it since that night. It would be nice for abstainers to have even a little of that humility.
i'd also—& this isn't as important—like to see a bit of accountability from the anti-lib, pro-abstention left
they misunderstood the situation, got an important call wrong, & annoyed people that should be allies. i think people should own their mistakes & learn from them
they misunderstood the situation, got an important call wrong, & annoyed people that should be allies. i think people should own their mistakes & learn from them
October 1, 2026 at 9:40 PM
The replies to this thread show that the thing he asks for in this specific post will never happen.
I voted for Nader in 2000. I was 19 and bought into the all the same BS. I’ve regretted it since that night. It would be nice for abstainers to have even a little of that humility.
I voted for Nader in 2000. I was 19 and bought into the all the same BS. I’ve regretted it since that night. It would be nice for abstainers to have even a little of that humility.
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Make this october your locktober and lock to rock your goals
contaminating the grindset memespace with “you gotta lock up🔐 to to lock in”
October 1, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Make this october your locktober and lock to rock your goals
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Also helps you understand that political corruption isn't buying votes, it's buying attention, buying prioritization
October 1, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Also helps you understand that political corruption isn't buying votes, it's buying attention, buying prioritization
This is the big part. we already do the coalition building. We just do it inside the larger parties.
I suppose hypothetically you might get more movement across the center type parties from left to right that might allow for a few more things to get done but on balance it doesn’t change anything.
I suppose hypothetically you might get more movement across the center type parties from left to right that might allow for a few more things to get done but on balance it doesn’t change anything.
Dimly recalling my APD knowledge: third parties act as pressure groups, historically (e.g., Populist Party)
But also, since the halcyon days of the Populist Party, we have since enacted the primary system, so again, unclear what a third party accomplishes that primary elections don't already
But also, since the halcyon days of the Populist Party, we have since enacted the primary system, so again, unclear what a third party accomplishes that primary elections don't already
October 1, 2026 at 3:07 PM
This is the big part. we already do the coalition building. We just do it inside the larger parties.
I suppose hypothetically you might get more movement across the center type parties from left to right that might allow for a few more things to get done but on balance it doesn’t change anything.
I suppose hypothetically you might get more movement across the center type parties from left to right that might allow for a few more things to get done but on balance it doesn’t change anything.
Re-upping this thread to my new account, because ahead of an election it’s really important to remember. Everyone who tries to convince you not to vote for democrats up and down the ballot is participating in republican propaganda.
When I was younger I would listen to Rush or Hannity, and joke that I was “keeping an eye on the opposition.” I would find myself yelling at the radio in the car so I stopped bc it was bad for me.
MMFA took that idea, and did it at scale, and broke the brains of some really talented journalists.
MMFA took that idea, and did it at scale, and broke the brains of some really talented journalists.
October 1, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Re-upping this thread to my new account, because ahead of an election it’s really important to remember. Everyone who tries to convince you not to vote for democrats up and down the ballot is participating in republican propaganda.
This person doesn’t think Winston Churchill was cute. Shame them!
Some babies are legitimately cute (not newborns, who all look like Winston Churchill) but some look like you gave birth to a mutant chihuahua
October 1, 2026 at 12:22 PM
This person doesn’t think Winston Churchill was cute. Shame them!
At an open mat with a bunch of UofA students on Tuesday an overly aggressive kid split open a coach’s forehead with a heel and immediately got put in the shark tank. Remains to be seen if he’s back next week.
This also happens in every MMA and BJJ gym in the world. Testosterone-fueled new guy comes in thinking he can fight or grapple because he's an "I just see red" guy. Gets immediately put to sleep by someone half his size. Never comes back.
October 1, 2026 at 11:54 AM
At an open mat with a bunch of UofA students on Tuesday an overly aggressive kid split open a coach’s forehead with a heel and immediately got put in the shark tank. Remains to be seen if he’s back next week.
Short of American boots on the ground, nothing Biden did was going to stop Israel in Gaza.
The leverage we had wasn’t to stop things, it was to keep them from getting worse.
And we know that was working, because when Trump took office, things immediately got worse.
The leverage we had wasn’t to stop things, it was to keep them from getting worse.
And we know that was working, because when Trump took office, things immediately got worse.
October 1, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Short of American boots on the ground, nothing Biden did was going to stop Israel in Gaza.
The leverage we had wasn’t to stop things, it was to keep them from getting worse.
And we know that was working, because when Trump took office, things immediately got worse.
The leverage we had wasn’t to stop things, it was to keep them from getting worse.
And we know that was working, because when Trump took office, things immediately got worse.
When I was younger I would listen to Rush or Hannity, and joke that I was “keeping an eye on the opposition.” I would find myself yelling at the radio in the car so I stopped bc it was bad for me.
MMFA took that idea, and did it at scale, and broke the brains of some really talented journalists.
MMFA took that idea, and did it at scale, and broke the brains of some really talented journalists.
October 1, 2026 at 11:33 AM
When I was younger I would listen to Rush or Hannity, and joke that I was “keeping an eye on the opposition.” I would find myself yelling at the radio in the car so I stopped bc it was bad for me.
MMFA took that idea, and did it at scale, and broke the brains of some really talented journalists.
MMFA took that idea, and did it at scale, and broke the brains of some really talented journalists.
It’s because the CEO of the Onion is brain wormed from years of swimming in Republican propaganda.
It remains odd to me The Onion has decided the thing to do in 2026 is mislead people about Democrats
The DNC and prominent Democrats like El-Sayed!
This isn’t even a joke, it’s a poorly controlled reflex
The DNC and prominent Democrats like El-Sayed!
This isn’t even a joke, it’s a poorly controlled reflex
October 1, 2026 at 11:09 AM
It’s because the CEO of the Onion is brain wormed from years of swimming in Republican propaganda.
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I love that the U.S. government now has ideas so dumb that the fact checks are simply “yeah this isn’t a parody, it’s real”
September 30, 2026 at 6:56 AM
I love that the U.S. government now has ideas so dumb that the fact checks are simply “yeah this isn’t a parody, it’s real”
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It annoys me greatly how easy it would have been for everything to be okay. Not perfect, not even great, but just 5/10 "I can slog through a day in undisturbed mediocrity without the Health Secretary declaring soap causes autism while the president literally shitposts about his war from the toilet."
September 30, 2026 at 3:41 AM
It annoys me greatly how easy it would have been for everything to be okay. Not perfect, not even great, but just 5/10 "I can slog through a day in undisturbed mediocrity without the Health Secretary declaring soap causes autism while the president literally shitposts about his war from the toilet."
In the time line where Biden stayed in and won $10b in student loans have been forgiven by now.
In the Harris timeline $25b.
In the Harris timeline $25b.
It annoys me greatly how easy it would have been for everything to be okay. Not perfect, not even great, but just 5/10 "I can slog through a day in undisturbed mediocrity without the Health Secretary declaring soap causes autism while the president literally shitposts about his war from the toilet."
September 30, 2026 at 4:24 AM
In the time line where Biden stayed in and won $10b in student loans have been forgiven by now.
In the Harris timeline $25b.
In the Harris timeline $25b.
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they have to hold on to "Biden is evil" because otherwise they have to confront their own culpability in ousting what will probably be the last US admin before Palestine is totally annexed.
September 30, 2026 at 3:27 AM
they have to hold on to "Biden is evil" because otherwise they have to confront their own culpability in ousting what will probably be the last US admin before Palestine is totally annexed.
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I should add that Biden threatened military supplies to Israel in such a way that ISRAEL BELIEVED WE HAD ALREADY CUT THEM OFF & it still did not change their position at all.
September 29, 2026 at 9:27 PM
I should add that Biden threatened military supplies to Israel in such a way that ISRAEL BELIEVED WE HAD ALREADY CUT THEM OFF & it still did not change their position at all.