They mean race is biologically determinative in a tolkienesque sense
May 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
They mean race is biologically determinative in a tolkienesque sense
Remember what I said about physical control of buildings being a determinative factor in whether coups succeed?
Elon Musk seems to have the US Marshals Service on his team. Marshals have:
--helped DOGE get inside a federal agency
--prodded judges to move faster on Jan. 6 cases
--deputized Musk's private security team
I talked with experts about why this is unusual www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
--helped DOGE get inside a federal agency
--prodded judges to move faster on Jan. 6 cases
--deputized Musk's private security team
I talked with experts about why this is unusual www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Elon Musk's secret weapon: the US Marshals Service
“The risk to people’s civil rights is enormous.”
www.motherjones.com
April 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Remember what I said about physical control of buildings being a determinative factor in whether coups succeed?
physical control of key buildings is often determinative when executing a coup
"The Fed controls its own buildings, finances and security, meaning Powell could continue operating as chair from Fed headquarters until either a court sanctions his removal or the Senate confirms a replacement named by Trump—creating the potential for a drawn-out institutional standoff."
July 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
physical control of key buildings is often determinative when executing a coup
It’s funny because I grew up as a Black kid during the 90s and if “people think we’re bad” was as determinative as it’s being depicted me and everyone I know should be dead by now.
It's a brutal time for young men, and to be raising one. The primary message they now is get is "YOU'RE BAD" without any meaningful attempt to offer healthy pathways beyond "Don't be a boy."
Absolutely perfect time for right wing monsters to sweep in with shitty answers.
Absolutely perfect time for right wing monsters to sweep in with shitty answers.
May 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
It’s funny because I grew up as a Black kid during the 90s and if “people think we’re bad” was as determinative as it’s being depicted me and everyone I know should be dead by now.
The messaging is already starting for whatever evidence Tulsi Gabbard is about to fabricate. REMEMBER: Every person in the Trump administration 1.0 said there was NO outcome determinative FOREIGN ELECTION INTERFERENCE in 2020.
Sen. Tuberville: "We gotta get rid of these voting machines. There's a half dozen people here in the House and Senate that did not get elected. It was all bogus. We've seen the evidence."
February 3, 2026 at 10:24 PM
The messaging is already starting for whatever evidence Tulsi Gabbard is about to fabricate. REMEMBER: Every person in the Trump administration 1.0 said there was NO outcome determinative FOREIGN ELECTION INTERFERENCE in 2020.
@actualnames.bsky.social An example of the oddly rarer determinative nominism here:
November 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
@actualnames.bsky.social An example of the oddly rarer determinative nominism here:
The Obama Team to Shithead pipeline isn't determinative but damn is it strong
Obama Campaign Manager Jim Messina is up on stage as the last event of the day. He cites being anti crypto, anti prediction markets and anti gambling as why Democrats are losing young men. Messina is on the board of Blockchain .com and lobbied for the American Gaming Association
March 4, 2026 at 3:15 AM
The Obama Team to Shithead pipeline isn't determinative but damn is it strong
The Trump campaign actually hired two companies to investigate voter fraud in the 2020 election
BOTH found there was no evidence of outcome determinative voter fraud.
BOTH found there was no evidence of outcome determinative voter fraud.
February 7, 2026 at 5:08 PM
The Trump campaign actually hired two companies to investigate voter fraud in the 2020 election
BOTH found there was no evidence of outcome determinative voter fraud.
BOTH found there was no evidence of outcome determinative voter fraud.
Never thought apartheid nostalgia would be a determinative factor in an American election but that’s on me.
November 27, 2024 at 10:35 PM
Never thought apartheid nostalgia would be a determinative factor in an American election but that’s on me.
Dear cis people,
Please, for the love of G-d, stop using the terms "biological male" and "biological female." They're scientifically meaningless. Sex is a bimodal cluster categorization. The brain is biological, no? There is no one factor that's universally determinative of sex and gender.
Please, for the love of G-d, stop using the terms "biological male" and "biological female." They're scientifically meaningless. Sex is a bimodal cluster categorization. The brain is biological, no? There is no one factor that's universally determinative of sex and gender.
August 11, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Dear cis people,
Please, for the love of G-d, stop using the terms "biological male" and "biological female." They're scientifically meaningless. Sex is a bimodal cluster categorization. The brain is biological, no? There is no one factor that's universally determinative of sex and gender.
Please, for the love of G-d, stop using the terms "biological male" and "biological female." They're scientifically meaningless. Sex is a bimodal cluster categorization. The brain is biological, no? There is no one factor that's universally determinative of sex and gender.
The funniest thing about people who say that chromosomes are determinative of sex and gender is that 99.9% of them have no idea what their own chromosomes actually are and if they had them tested, a good number of them would suddenly have a problem. 🤷🫠
April 26, 2026 at 8:58 PM
The funniest thing about people who say that chromosomes are determinative of sex and gender is that 99.9% of them have no idea what their own chromosomes actually are and if they had them tested, a good number of them would suddenly have a problem. 🤷🫠
Not that it’s determinative, but every groyper as the exact same face/build/dress as this guy
September 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Not that it’s determinative, but every groyper as the exact same face/build/dress as this guy
Evidence from a variety of sources established that Trump knew that there was no outcome determinative fraud, that many of his specific claims were untrue, and that he knew he had lost the election. p4
January 14, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Evidence from a variety of sources established that Trump knew that there was no outcome determinative fraud, that many of his specific claims were untrue, and that he knew he had lost the election. p4
Shows how much has changed in the last 8 years that the random nearly outcome determinative thing making people vote HRC was traveling outside the country, and the random outcome determinative thing making people vote Kamala was just knowing basic things about what’s going on in the world.
February 12, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Shows how much has changed in the last 8 years that the random nearly outcome determinative thing making people vote HRC was traveling outside the country, and the random outcome determinative thing making people vote Kamala was just knowing basic things about what’s going on in the world.
RFK's endorsement was the single most determinative single factor in the election, mostly because the impact of Gaza was to reduce turnout, not swing votes.
also this confirms my priors that RFK did, in fact, swing the election
February 19, 2025 at 4:29 AM
RFK's endorsement was the single most determinative single factor in the election, mostly because the impact of Gaza was to reduce turnout, not swing votes.
i have no idea i just don't know if the bullet casing that has anti-insurer stuff written on it is determinative or a headfake bsky.app/profile/pcrr...
This is definitely the more likely scenario.
4 major executives just did some insider trading and one of them gets taken out in a fairly professionally looking hit?
Probably a better chance that the greedy, soulless millionaire executives did it to keep him quiet than a vengeful poor person.
4 major executives just did some insider trading and one of them gets taken out in a fairly professionally looking hit?
Probably a better chance that the greedy, soulless millionaire executives did it to keep him quiet than a vengeful poor person.
December 5, 2024 at 3:58 PM
i have no idea i just don't know if the bullet casing that has anti-insurer stuff written on it is determinative or a headfake bsky.app/profile/pcrr...
Do you ever think about how a guy named Weiner sending dick pics to underage girls is one of like two determinative events that brought us here
July 7, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Do you ever think about how a guy named Weiner sending dick pics to underage girls is one of like two determinative events that brought us here
Think any of those could be outcome determinative?
December 2, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Think any of those could be outcome determinative?
“seniority is not determinative”
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Another piece of important info, which I fear like the above is largely forgotten here, is that House Dems replaced committee leaders who both had seniority and were already in the position just six months ago. Demonstrably, seniority is not determinative
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she senses that nothing has really changed and that again they’ll use seniority as the primary marker. not going to waste her time
June 24, 2025 at 12:42 AM
“seniority is not determinative”
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Media doesn’t “make” anyone do or believe anything. But it does provide permission structure and prioritization for what people think society will accept them doing or believing. This can be much more powerful and determinative than the seterotypical didactic propaganda we typically imagine.
What’s a thing from your area of expertise (or special interest) that you think it would behoove everyone else to know?
August 16, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Media doesn’t “make” anyone do or believe anything. But it does provide permission structure and prioritization for what people think society will accept them doing or believing. This can be much more powerful and determinative than the seterotypical didactic propaganda we typically imagine.
"his son" and "death penalty" case being determinative here, nothing else.
September 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"his son" and "death penalty" case being determinative here, nothing else.
Fab opinion from Judge Beryl Howell: No “national injustice” occurred here, just as no outcome-determinative election fraud occurred in the 2020 pres election. No “process of national reconciliation” can begin when poor losers.. are glorified for disrupting a constitutionally mandated proceeding"
January 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Fab opinion from Judge Beryl Howell: No “national injustice” occurred here, just as no outcome-determinative election fraud occurred in the 2020 pres election. No “process of national reconciliation” can begin when poor losers.. are glorified for disrupting a constitutionally mandated proceeding"
Obligatory reminder that off-off-year elections are not determinative of the midterm results
September 24, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Obligatory reminder that off-off-year elections are not determinative of the midterm results
i don't think one can honestly pin any of this on gaza, for better or worse.vit just wasn't determinative
November 6, 2024 at 2:16 PM
i don't think one can honestly pin any of this on gaza, for better or worse.vit just wasn't determinative