Thingers
@thingers.bsky.social
Dog person, ex-scientist, current futures trader. I dabble in dad stuff, too.
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Feminist theory remains undefeated in explaining the weirdest parts of the Trump administration.
I'm just going to keep posting this skeleton-key-to-MAGA passage, written over 40 years ago, until everyone gets it.
I'm just going to keep posting this skeleton-key-to-MAGA passage, written over 40 years ago, until everyone gets it.
September 4, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Feminist theory remains undefeated in explaining the weirdest parts of the Trump administration.
I'm just going to keep posting this skeleton-key-to-MAGA passage, written over 40 years ago, until everyone gets it.
I'm just going to keep posting this skeleton-key-to-MAGA passage, written over 40 years ago, until everyone gets it.
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This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined.
September 1, 2026 at 5:08 PM
This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined.
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imagine a future where *we* appropriate the vicious symbolism of ICE in a merciless crack-down billionaires and the MAGA class: fancy production value videos of bashing down their fancy doors, slapping bags over their spray-tanned heads, black helicopters, shattered ugly gold homewares, etc etc
August 8, 2026 at 11:57 PM
imagine a future where *we* appropriate the vicious symbolism of ICE in a merciless crack-down billionaires and the MAGA class: fancy production value videos of bashing down their fancy doors, slapping bags over their spray-tanned heads, black helicopters, shattered ugly gold homewares, etc etc
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The main way in which AI has negatively impacted games industry jobs is not through actual automation of those jobs or even untrue claims about automation. It's by making capital unavailable because it's tied up in AI investments while also destroying the consumer base for video game hardware.
July 20, 2026 at 11:26 PM
The main way in which AI has negatively impacted games industry jobs is not through actual automation of those jobs or even untrue claims about automation. It's by making capital unavailable because it's tied up in AI investments while also destroying the consumer base for video game hardware.
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i will voluntarily pay extra taxes to any country that agrees to drag our cops and elected leaders before an international court
July 13, 2026 at 4:57 PM
i will voluntarily pay extra taxes to any country that agrees to drag our cops and elected leaders before an international court
[email protected] got your voting rights questionnaire. Quick question for you though: how do you feel about workers rights?
Quit being union breaking assholes and maybe my family will donate in the future.
Don’t feign progressivism. We can smell that shit a mile away and it’s hard to wash off.
Quit being union breaking assholes and maybe my family will donate in the future.
Don’t feign progressivism. We can smell that shit a mile away and it’s hard to wash off.
June 30, 2026 at 1:20 PM
[email protected] got your voting rights questionnaire. Quick question for you though: how do you feel about workers rights?
Quit being union breaking assholes and maybe my family will donate in the future.
Don’t feign progressivism. We can smell that shit a mile away and it’s hard to wash off.
Quit being union breaking assholes and maybe my family will donate in the future.
Don’t feign progressivism. We can smell that shit a mile away and it’s hard to wash off.
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In new reporting for @prospect.org, our @dylangyauchl.bsky.social details internal documents from Bay Area abundance groups pitch the movement to tech elites as a way to take control of Democratic politics and describe a 9-figure funding stream from billionaires. (1/2)
prospect.org/2026/06/12/n...
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New Documents Detail Nine-Figure, Silicon Valley–Funded Abundance Movement - The American Prospect
The Prospect has obtained a fundraising pitch and historical manifesto from inside the movement.
prospect.org
June 12, 2026 at 1:42 PM
In new reporting for @prospect.org, our @dylangyauchl.bsky.social details internal documents from Bay Area abundance groups pitch the movement to tech elites as a way to take control of Democratic politics and describe a 9-figure funding stream from billionaires. (1/2)
prospect.org/2026/06/12/n...
prospect.org/2026/06/12/n...
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said it is time for the Democrats to ignore party leaders, embrace a “new vision,” and call for the abolishment of U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.
June 7, 2026 at 9:03 PM
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said it is time for the Democrats to ignore party leaders, embrace a “new vision,” and call for the abolishment of U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.
My hopes were real high for the new Will Sheff album, and after the new single I’m FUCKING PUMPED!
If this is the only good song on the album I’ll still be a happy man. It’s that good.
sym.ffm.to/always_every...
If this is the only good song on the album I’ll still be a happy man. It’s that good.
sym.ffm.to/always_every...
Will Sheff - "Always Everything"
Choose your preferred music service
sym.ffm.to
May 21, 2026 at 11:45 PM
My hopes were real high for the new Will Sheff album, and after the new single I’m FUCKING PUMPED!
If this is the only good song on the album I’ll still be a happy man. It’s that good.
sym.ffm.to/always_every...
If this is the only good song on the album I’ll still be a happy man. It’s that good.
sym.ffm.to/always_every...
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Memphis is “under full-blown occupation” by ICE. Here’s why you may not know that.
Memphis is “under full-blown occupation” by ICE. Here’s why you may not know that.
Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges.
www.motherjones.com
May 19, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Memphis is “under full-blown occupation” by ICE. Here’s why you may not know that.
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Holy shit this piece will melt some eyeballs. Writer argues Dems need to take drastic, even once-unimaginable tactics in response to Voting Rights Act being gutted.
He writes: "Patience is the enemy now" and we have to stop asking people for it.
betterdonkey.substack.com/p/the-vra-wa...
He writes: "Patience is the enemy now" and we have to stop asking people for it.
betterdonkey.substack.com/p/the-vra-wa...
The VRA Was the Nice Version
SCOTUS has forced our hands, and now patience is our enemy.
betterdonkey.substack.com
May 13, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Holy shit this piece will melt some eyeballs. Writer argues Dems need to take drastic, even once-unimaginable tactics in response to Voting Rights Act being gutted.
He writes: "Patience is the enemy now" and we have to stop asking people for it.
betterdonkey.substack.com/p/the-vra-wa...
He writes: "Patience is the enemy now" and we have to stop asking people for it.
betterdonkey.substack.com/p/the-vra-wa...
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This article is from 2024 but it's a reminder of just how awful the Atlantic has been. This week it was blaming liberals for defending humane immigration, in the past it was ... Kissinger whitewashing?
Just seems like one L after another.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-wor...
Just seems like one L after another.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-wor...
The Worst Magazine In America
The Atlantic poses as a magazine of ideas, but its writers get away with terrible arguments. Its ascendance is a sign of the dire state of American intellectual life.
www.currentaffairs.org
April 4, 2026 at 1:21 AM
This article is from 2024 but it's a reminder of just how awful the Atlantic has been. This week it was blaming liberals for defending humane immigration, in the past it was ... Kissinger whitewashing?
Just seems like one L after another.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-wor...
Just seems like one L after another.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-wor...
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Our friends at Firestorm are struggling in the face of disaster capitalism. A queer- and worker-owned bookstore that has, over and over, been there for the community.
They let me set up a referral page with them. Books from my podcasts, my books, and books I love
firestorm.coop/r/killjoy.html
They let me set up a referral page with them. Books from my podcasts, my books, and books I love
firestorm.coop/r/killjoy.html
April 5, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Our friends at Firestorm are struggling in the face of disaster capitalism. A queer- and worker-owned bookstore that has, over and over, been there for the community.
They let me set up a referral page with them. Books from my podcasts, my books, and books I love
firestorm.coop/r/killjoy.html
They let me set up a referral page with them. Books from my podcasts, my books, and books I love
firestorm.coop/r/killjoy.html
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This dead-eyed cretin is effectively illiterate, but if anyone ever pressed Donald Trump or Elon Musk like this in an interview, they would sound exactly the same
A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.
March 10, 2026 at 3:02 PM
This dead-eyed cretin is effectively illiterate, but if anyone ever pressed Donald Trump or Elon Musk like this in an interview, they would sound exactly the same
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i don't care about any arguments against this. right now the sum total of my political advocacy is: crush the Republicans and make them pay. i don't care what comes after because until we do that nothing better is possible.
New York Dems are reportedly still expected to push for a constitutional amendment that would let them redraw the congressional map in 2028 to counter GOP gerrymanders. Dems could target 3-4 seats currently held by GOP.
Dems must pass it both in 2026 & 2027, then win voter approval in November 2027
Dems must pass it both in 2026 & 2027, then win voter approval in November 2027
Sunnyside Yard and the shifting politics of housing
www.politico.com
March 7, 2026 at 6:26 PM
i don't care about any arguments against this. right now the sum total of my political advocacy is: crush the Republicans and make them pay. i don't care what comes after because until we do that nothing better is possible.
Allam would’ve been a fantastic choice for NC dems, so it’s a sad primary loss. But it’s heartening to see she came so close with such a progressive message.
Next time. Next time we win.
Next time. Next time we win.
March 4, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Allam would’ve been a fantastic choice for NC dems, so it’s a sad primary loss. But it’s heartening to see she came so close with such a progressive message.
Next time. Next time we win.
Next time. Next time we win.
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Doctors say that vaccines protect children from dangerous diseases. A nepo baby who barbecues dogs and snorts cocaine off toilet seats says that vaccines make children vulnerable to 5G radiation. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
February 14, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Doctors say that vaccines protect children from dangerous diseases. A nepo baby who barbecues dogs and snorts cocaine off toilet seats says that vaccines make children vulnerable to 5G radiation. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
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Last month the Japanese American National Museum asked me to deliver a keynote speech on what is necessary to combat authoritarianism and preserve democracy. You can listen to it and the Q&A that followed here:
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What Must Be Done? The Battle Against Fascism
Podcast Episode · It Could Happen Here · 02/05/2026 · 39m
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February 7, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Last month the Japanese American National Museum asked me to deliver a keynote speech on what is necessary to combat authoritarianism and preserve democracy. You can listen to it and the Q&A that followed here:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
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hard to think of a better example of "you may not believe in class war, but billionaires know they're in one" than this
This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
February 7, 2026 at 3:53 AM
hard to think of a better example of "you may not believe in class war, but billionaires know they're in one" than this
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OK so Margaret Killjoy's infomercial for "Shut the fuck up" is my new favourite thing.
"When I get arrested, there's only one strategy I trust...
I shut the fuck up!"
- @margaret.bsky.social
"When I get arrested, there's only one strategy I trust...
I shut the fuck up!"
- @margaret.bsky.social
February 8, 2026 at 2:05 AM
OK so Margaret Killjoy's infomercial for "Shut the fuck up" is my new favourite thing.
"When I get arrested, there's only one strategy I trust...
I shut the fuck up!"
- @margaret.bsky.social
"When I get arrested, there's only one strategy I trust...
I shut the fuck up!"
- @margaret.bsky.social
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MAGA, at its core, is a cult of abuse. The right to abuse, the justification for abuse, the dopamine rush they get from abusing others, is built into every policy, every program, every line of rhetoric. They identify with abusers because they want to abuse people.
August 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
MAGA, at its core, is a cult of abuse. The right to abuse, the justification for abuse, the dopamine rush they get from abusing others, is built into every policy, every program, every line of rhetoric. They identify with abusers because they want to abuse people.
Not to toot my own horn, but my 2 and 4 year-old’s new favorite songs are the entirety of my #NIN collection. Beat out the Barbie soundtrack and Shakira’s zootopia song.
Gonna keep this train rollin’
Gonna keep this train rollin’
August 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Not to toot my own horn, but my 2 and 4 year-old’s new favorite songs are the entirety of my #NIN collection. Beat out the Barbie soundtrack and Shakira’s zootopia song.
Gonna keep this train rollin’
Gonna keep this train rollin’
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Remember when Republicans accused Joe Biden of forcing a Ukrainian prosecutor to drop charges against someone and it was the worst scandal, ever?
June 29, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Remember when Republicans accused Joe Biden of forcing a Ukrainian prosecutor to drop charges against someone and it was the worst scandal, ever?