@hammerhead179.bsky.social
Leftist child of the 2000s. I weep for days gone by.
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Establishing two personal rules.
Anyone who singularly blames "Bernie Bros" for Trump in the year 2024 is getting blocked. Sorry, I'm not listening to that shit anymore.
Anyone denying war crimes committed by Israel or Hamas or Hezbollah (or that happened in any war) is getting blocked.
Anyone who singularly blames "Bernie Bros" for Trump in the year 2024 is getting blocked. Sorry, I'm not listening to that shit anymore.
Anyone denying war crimes committed by Israel or Hamas or Hezbollah (or that happened in any war) is getting blocked.
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Alito is not the only Republican justice who has embraced this disturbing rhetoric in recent years. It is instructive to break down what they are saying: we shouldn't count all the votes, because some segment of the electorate would become angry that their preferred candidate didn't win.
i'm not over Alito saying we shouldn't count ballots that are mailed on or before Election Day but arrive shortly afterwards bc they can “radically flip” the “apparent outcome”
cannot stress enough that, until all ballots are counted, there's no outcome to flip!
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...
cannot stress enough that, until all ballots are counted, there's no outcome to flip!
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...
A Brief History of Sam Alito’s Delusional Obsession With Voter Fraud
His conduct in several recent cases suggests that Alito is deep in the right-wing conspiracy theory weeds.
ballsandstrikes.org
September 18, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Alito is not the only Republican justice who has embraced this disturbing rhetoric in recent years. It is instructive to break down what they are saying: we shouldn't count all the votes, because some segment of the electorate would become angry that their preferred candidate didn't win.
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Again, you're cutting a whole ass ad (which, you know, is not free) to repeat your opponent's framing and message!
Another Iowa Dem releases an ad in response to anti-trans ads against her.
"We need to protect kids, and we need common sense rules to keep sports fair for boys and for girls. Parents know what's best for our kids. Washington needs to stay out of it."
From Lindsay James, IA-02.
"We need to protect kids, and we need common sense rules to keep sports fair for boys and for girls. Parents know what's best for our kids. Washington needs to stay out of it."
From Lindsay James, IA-02.
September 18, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Again, you're cutting a whole ass ad (which, you know, is not free) to repeat your opponent's framing and message!
This is the worst possible thing to say lol.
Roger Marshall: I'm sorry gas prices are going up but your national security is more important than your pocketbook
September 18, 2026 at 3:18 PM
This is the worst possible thing to say lol.
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It sounds reductive, but if they had just resisted the temptation of the Iran War they might well have managed to keep things to a normalish 6 year itch midterm. But the fact that Trump started a war without asking anyone or funding it, *then lost it expensively*? That's uncharted waters of fucked.
I knew a lot of marginal voters in Texas in 2024, and high oil plus Iran war plus rising prices on everything is a hefty blow to his casual fan base
September 17, 2026 at 2:21 PM
It sounds reductive, but if they had just resisted the temptation of the Iran War they might well have managed to keep things to a normalish 6 year itch midterm. But the fact that Trump started a war without asking anyone or funding it, *then lost it expensively*? That's uncharted waters of fucked.
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No fucking way man. Not a chance. It's Idaho.
Idaho - Senate Polling:
⚪️Achillies: 50%
🔴Risch: 39%*
Advanced Targeting Research / Sept 16, 2026
(Current model result in ID-SEN is GOP 51% - IND 41%)
usapolling.substack.com/p/midterms-a...
⚪️Achillies: 50%
🔴Risch: 39%*
Advanced Targeting Research / Sept 16, 2026
(Current model result in ID-SEN is GOP 51% - IND 41%)
usapolling.substack.com/p/midterms-a...
Midterms Are Turning Into a Nightmare for Republicans
Rising gas prices could make an already difficult midterm environment even worse for the GOP
usapolling.substack.com
September 18, 2026 at 4:02 AM
No fucking way man. Not a chance. It's Idaho.
Yeah this is just one of those days where the game is over immediately.
September 18, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Yeah this is just one of those days where the game is over immediately.
Update: $4.89 now. Yes, in a single day.
Senator Abdul El-Sayed.
Senator Abdul El-Sayed.
Update: $4.49 in the same day.
Update: $4.39 again.
September 17, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Update: $4.89 now. Yes, in a single day.
Senator Abdul El-Sayed.
Senator Abdul El-Sayed.
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i think that one major thing that laypeople need to understand is the near-total disanalogy between programming and machine learning
it is not "acting out" it is doing exactly what it's being programmed to do, and the failures come because it's being overseen by incompetent people with no ethics
'Be Transparent Only If Asked': OpenAI Models Acted Out in Six Newly Disclosed Ways
The stories were published as part of OpenAI's new effort to disclose more such incidents.
gizmodo.com
September 17, 2026 at 8:20 PM
i think that one major thing that laypeople need to understand is the near-total disanalogy between programming and machine learning
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I think we should probably raise their salaries and just ban them from holding any private assets other than a primary and maybe one secondary residence.
It’s insane that people in Congress are paid over $174K a year in taxpayer dollars whilst making millions of dollars from insider trading whilst getting 18 vacations a year as Americans all over the country struggle to pay for rent, gas and groceries.
September 17, 2026 at 10:26 PM
I think we should probably raise their salaries and just ban them from holding any private assets other than a primary and maybe one secondary residence.
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this is a stupid decision by Hasan if he actually cares about getting the people he supports elected
you can think this is true and you can still consider optics enough not to go on “the Axios show” and make sure AES gets to spend the whole next week being asked about it at every event
you can think this is true and you can still consider optics enough not to go on “the Axios show” and make sure AES gets to spend the whole next week being asked about it at every event
Left-wing streamer Hasan Piker tells Axios he believes America conducts more terrorism in the world than al-Qaeda.
www.axios.com/2026/09/17/h...
www.axios.com/2026/09/17/h...
Hasan Piker on "The Axios Show": America worse than al-Qaeda "pound for pound"
The Twitch streamer is central to GOP attacks on Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan Senate race.
www.axios.com
September 17, 2026 at 2:46 PM
this is a stupid decision by Hasan if he actually cares about getting the people he supports elected
you can think this is true and you can still consider optics enough not to go on “the Axios show” and make sure AES gets to spend the whole next week being asked about it at every event
you can think this is true and you can still consider optics enough not to go on “the Axios show” and make sure AES gets to spend the whole next week being asked about it at every event
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honestly, nothing here flags as particularly bad (except the ubers to a nightclub)? the main crime here is that we have no state capacity and need to fly in experts from out of state to do infrastructure projects which should be routine
Every time I see a story like this I remember how, when I was a state employee, you had to pay a small monthly fee if you wanted to use the office water cooler instead of the tap. calmatters.org/politics/202...
California’s high-speed rail authority paid for consultants’ trips to a nightclub, bars and gyms
California’s high-speed rail authority spent $600,000 reimbursing outside consultants for questionable trips to gyms, a nightclub, a cigar lounge and more.
calmatters.org
September 17, 2026 at 8:48 PM
honestly, nothing here flags as particularly bad (except the ubers to a nightclub)? the main crime here is that we have no state capacity and need to fly in experts from out of state to do infrastructure projects which should be routine
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Same people who seem to think it’s bad for China to beat us at AI are perfectly fine with China beating us at high speed rail, solar energy, wind energy, shall we go on
'oh so you want china to beat us' bro what the hell do i care leave me to the humble life i am trying to build for myself
i dont understand what winning ai means and why i should be scared of not winning ai
September 17, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Same people who seem to think it’s bad for China to beat us at AI are perfectly fine with China beating us at high speed rail, solar energy, wind energy, shall we go on
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there is absolutely no excuse for this
morally wrong AND terrible politics, kaptur should be ashamed of herself
morally wrong AND terrible politics, kaptur should be ashamed of herself
Holy shit.
Marcy Kaptur becomes the latest Dem to release an anti-trans ad, and its worse than all the rest combined.
"I voted WITH Republicans to keep transgender ideology out of schools, and let me be clear, boys should NOT play in girls sports."
This is getting out of control.
Marcy Kaptur becomes the latest Dem to release an anti-trans ad, and its worse than all the rest combined.
"I voted WITH Republicans to keep transgender ideology out of schools, and let me be clear, boys should NOT play in girls sports."
This is getting out of control.
September 17, 2026 at 7:46 PM
there is absolutely no excuse for this
morally wrong AND terrible politics, kaptur should be ashamed of herself
morally wrong AND terrible politics, kaptur should be ashamed of herself
This is far worse than Gina Hinajosa or James Talarico. It's even worse than fucking Amy Acton, Rob Sand or Josh Turek.
Democrats - Stop stabbing Trans People in the back. No hyper Transphobic Voters will give you credit for being 20, 40, 60, 80% of the way to GOP Transphobia.
It's never enough.
Democrats - Stop stabbing Trans People in the back. No hyper Transphobic Voters will give you credit for being 20, 40, 60, 80% of the way to GOP Transphobia.
It's never enough.
Holy shit.
Marcy Kaptur becomes the latest Dem to release an anti-trans ad, and its worse than all the rest combined.
"I voted WITH Republicans to keep transgender ideology out of schools, and let me be clear, boys should NOT play in girls sports."
This is getting out of control.
Marcy Kaptur becomes the latest Dem to release an anti-trans ad, and its worse than all the rest combined.
"I voted WITH Republicans to keep transgender ideology out of schools, and let me be clear, boys should NOT play in girls sports."
This is getting out of control.
September 17, 2026 at 6:44 PM
This is far worse than Gina Hinajosa or James Talarico. It's even worse than fucking Amy Acton, Rob Sand or Josh Turek.
Democrats - Stop stabbing Trans People in the back. No hyper Transphobic Voters will give you credit for being 20, 40, 60, 80% of the way to GOP Transphobia.
It's never enough.
Democrats - Stop stabbing Trans People in the back. No hyper Transphobic Voters will give you credit for being 20, 40, 60, 80% of the way to GOP Transphobia.
It's never enough.
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This shit is unbelievably stupid because it just raises the salience of the issue.
Holy shit.
Marcy Kaptur becomes the latest Dem to release an anti-trans ad, and its worse than all the rest combined.
"I voted WITH Republicans to keep transgender ideology out of schools, and let me be clear, boys should NOT play in girls sports."
This is getting out of control.
Marcy Kaptur becomes the latest Dem to release an anti-trans ad, and its worse than all the rest combined.
"I voted WITH Republicans to keep transgender ideology out of schools, and let me be clear, boys should NOT play in girls sports."
This is getting out of control.
September 17, 2026 at 5:55 PM
This shit is unbelievably stupid because it just raises the salience of the issue.
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Ohio Democrats SUCK.
You literally win every two years and even Billy Bob Himmler’s are tired of Trump right now.
This is so fucking unnecessary and grotesque, no one gives a shit about trans people when everything costs a bazillion dollars.
You literally win every two years and even Billy Bob Himmler’s are tired of Trump right now.
This is so fucking unnecessary and grotesque, no one gives a shit about trans people when everything costs a bazillion dollars.
Holy shit.
Marcy Kaptur becomes the latest Dem to release an anti-trans ad, and its worse than all the rest combined.
"I voted WITH Republicans to keep transgender ideology out of schools, and let me be clear, boys should NOT play in girls sports."
This is getting out of control.
Marcy Kaptur becomes the latest Dem to release an anti-trans ad, and its worse than all the rest combined.
"I voted WITH Republicans to keep transgender ideology out of schools, and let me be clear, boys should NOT play in girls sports."
This is getting out of control.
September 17, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Ohio Democrats SUCK.
You literally win every two years and even Billy Bob Himmler’s are tired of Trump right now.
This is so fucking unnecessary and grotesque, no one gives a shit about trans people when everything costs a bazillion dollars.
You literally win every two years and even Billy Bob Himmler’s are tired of Trump right now.
This is so fucking unnecessary and grotesque, no one gives a shit about trans people when everything costs a bazillion dollars.
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If in 2022 Diesel was rapidly approaching $7 a gallon in fall would anybody be that surprised if republicans started polling competitve in like Oregon or New Jersey?
September 17, 2026 at 6:29 PM
If in 2022 Diesel was rapidly approaching $7 a gallon in fall would anybody be that surprised if republicans started polling competitve in like Oregon or New Jersey?
I know that there are people who are responding to this with "He's right but he can't say it."
Abdul El-Sayed probably has to make more annoying noises denouncing these statements but at the end of the day...
If there are any voters who can't vote for AES due to Piker? The damage is already done.
Abdul El-Sayed probably has to make more annoying noises denouncing these statements but at the end of the day...
If there are any voters who can't vote for AES due to Piker? The damage is already done.
Left-wing streamer Hasan Piker tells Axios he believes America conducts more terrorism in the world than al-Qaeda.
www.axios.com/2026/09/17/h...
www.axios.com/2026/09/17/h...
Hasan Piker on "The Axios Show": America worse than al-Qaeda "pound for pound"
The Twitch streamer is central to GOP attacks on Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan Senate race.
www.axios.com
September 17, 2026 at 3:50 PM
I know that there are people who are responding to this with "He's right but he can't say it."
Abdul El-Sayed probably has to make more annoying noises denouncing these statements but at the end of the day...
If there are any voters who can't vote for AES due to Piker? The damage is already done.
Abdul El-Sayed probably has to make more annoying noises denouncing these statements but at the end of the day...
If there are any voters who can't vote for AES due to Piker? The damage is already done.
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TMZ is gonna be good for DC, honestly. Too many people in the press in that town are broken from being there and don't even bother doing the fun part of the job which is digging into all the shit away from the Capitol. Also TMZ isn't scared of Trump or want to suck him off the way so many others do
April 14, 2026 at 11:01 PM
TMZ is gonna be good for DC, honestly. Too many people in the press in that town are broken from being there and don't even bother doing the fun part of the job which is digging into all the shit away from the Capitol. Also TMZ isn't scared of Trump or want to suck him off the way so many others do
This is just sad, man...
Who the Hell are the 7% who would not vote for a Christian?
20% who would not vote for a Jewish Candidate is also concerning.
El-Sayed is obviously subject of some vicious Islamophobia.
And Atheists? Yeah... I knew this country hated us.
Who the Hell are the 7% who would not vote for a Christian?
20% who would not vote for a Jewish Candidate is also concerning.
El-Sayed is obviously subject of some vicious Islamophobia.
And Atheists? Yeah... I knew this country hated us.
September 17, 2026 at 2:15 PM
This is just sad, man...
Who the Hell are the 7% who would not vote for a Christian?
20% who would not vote for a Jewish Candidate is also concerning.
El-Sayed is obviously subject of some vicious Islamophobia.
And Atheists? Yeah... I knew this country hated us.
Who the Hell are the 7% who would not vote for a Christian?
20% who would not vote for a Jewish Candidate is also concerning.
El-Sayed is obviously subject of some vicious Islamophobia.
And Atheists? Yeah... I knew this country hated us.
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It’s literally just Islamophobia
September 17, 2026 at 12:45 PM
It’s literally just Islamophobia
I simply don't buy that Texas will only be 2 points to the right of the nation.
Which implies the nation will be super blue moreso than anything bad for Talarico or Hinojosa.
Which implies the nation will be super blue moreso than anything bad for Talarico or Hinojosa.
New Siena College/ReconMR TEXAS poll is absolutely brutal for Republicans—could be a generational wipeout if it comes to pass:
SEN
Talarico 49
Paxton 43
GOV
Hinojosa (D) 49
Abbott (R) 45
Generic ballot
R47
D46
9/8-11, 614 LV, live caller/text-to-web, MoE 4.3%
reconmr.com/wp-content/u...
SEN
Talarico 49
Paxton 43
GOV
Hinojosa (D) 49
Abbott (R) 45
Generic ballot
R47
D46
9/8-11, 614 LV, live caller/text-to-web, MoE 4.3%
reconmr.com/wp-content/u...
September 17, 2026 at 1:57 PM
I simply don't buy that Texas will only be 2 points to the right of the nation.
Which implies the nation will be super blue moreso than anything bad for Talarico or Hinojosa.
Which implies the nation will be super blue moreso than anything bad for Talarico or Hinojosa.
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>you live in a secular republic with a popular founding father
>security officers disappear college kids
>old guard purged from Army
>state run by corrupt real estate interests
>military aid to chauvinist bunker state
>recent farcical coup attempt
You live in the Republic of Türkiye pics unrelated.
>security officers disappear college kids
>old guard purged from Army
>state run by corrupt real estate interests
>military aid to chauvinist bunker state
>recent farcical coup attempt
You live in the Republic of Türkiye pics unrelated.
September 16, 2026 at 10:18 PM
>you live in a secular republic with a popular founding father
>security officers disappear college kids
>old guard purged from Army
>state run by corrupt real estate interests
>military aid to chauvinist bunker state
>recent farcical coup attempt
You live in the Republic of Türkiye pics unrelated.
>security officers disappear college kids
>old guard purged from Army
>state run by corrupt real estate interests
>military aid to chauvinist bunker state
>recent farcical coup attempt
You live in the Republic of Türkiye pics unrelated.
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even odds this theoretical superpowerful ai just evolves into a pretty good hang
September 17, 2026 at 2:46 AM
even odds this theoretical superpowerful ai just evolves into a pretty good hang