there's this pseudo-rawlsian and pseudo-left argument i've noticed both here and on TikTok where any sort of reciprocal trade sanctions + tariffs by Canada and Mexico are seen as aggression because they don't perfectly target the upper class
February 2, 2025 at 12:05 PM
there's this pseudo-rawlsian and pseudo-left argument i've noticed both here and on TikTok where any sort of reciprocal trade sanctions + tariffs by Canada and Mexico are seen as aggression because they don't perfectly target the upper class
cool take we need so much more of this than some new multimillion dollar pseudo-left group blog
At, @thebarbedwire.com we’re reflecting on the state of independent journalism ahead of our first birthday. From @carakelly.bsky.social: Investigative journalism actually can save democracy — but only if we abandon the myths of “both sidesism” and “moral clarity.”
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Journalists Are Just as Fucked Up as Everyone Else. Admitting It Might Help Us Save Democracy.
In today’s world, journalists have an obligation to do better. The future of democracy depends on us making the people in power sweat.
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August 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
cool take we need so much more of this than some new multimillion dollar pseudo-left group blog
This report is totalitarian pseudo-science, aka corrupted science in the service of far-right authoritarianism. Who commits most of the political violence in this country has been clear for decades. It's not the left. It's not those of us who support trans rights and realities.
August 30, 2026 at 1:23 PM
This report is totalitarian pseudo-science, aka corrupted science in the service of far-right authoritarianism. Who commits most of the political violence in this country has been clear for decades. It's not the left. It's not those of us who support trans rights and realities.
great moments in (pseudo-)left twitter
October 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
great moments in (pseudo-)left twitter
Pseudo-left libertarianism with antisocial features.
July 28, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Pseudo-left libertarianism with antisocial features.
OTD in 2022 some people who make ice cream (@benandjerrys.bsky.social) informed us the best way to stop yourself being attacked is not to threaten to defend yourself.
A take that has aged like one of their overpriced, pseudo-ethical ice creams left in the sun for a week.
A take that has aged like one of their overpriced, pseudo-ethical ice creams left in the sun for a week.
February 4, 2026 at 11:10 AM
OTD in 2022 some people who make ice cream (@benandjerrys.bsky.social) informed us the best way to stop yourself being attacked is not to threaten to defend yourself.
A take that has aged like one of their overpriced, pseudo-ethical ice creams left in the sun for a week.
A take that has aged like one of their overpriced, pseudo-ethical ice creams left in the sun for a week.
OTD in 2022 some people who make ice cream informed us the best way to stop yourself being attacked is not to threaten to defend yourself.
A take that has aged like one of the overpriced, pseudo-ethical ice creams left in the sun for a week.
A take that has aged like one of the overpriced, pseudo-ethical ice creams left in the sun for a week.
February 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
OTD in 2022 some people who make ice cream informed us the best way to stop yourself being attacked is not to threaten to defend yourself.
A take that has aged like one of the overpriced, pseudo-ethical ice creams left in the sun for a week.
A take that has aged like one of the overpriced, pseudo-ethical ice creams left in the sun for a week.
I make more money from my Substack about how the left purged me then I ever did from my pseudo-left podcast, and thats because the left lacks loyalty and respect
August 23, 2026 at 7:08 PM
I make more money from my Substack about how the left purged me then I ever did from my pseudo-left podcast, and thats because the left lacks loyalty and respect
once again the american pseudo-radical left proving that the deeper motivation is anti-tax libertarianism over actual provision of public goods
my sister in Christ the whole point of congestion pricing is to fund the MTA
January 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
once again the american pseudo-radical left proving that the deeper motivation is anti-tax libertarianism over actual provision of public goods
Happy International Lefthanders Day from this pseudo-southpaw! (I’m left-handed when I jack off)
#exhibitionist #nudebeach #gaybeach #fullbush #bator
#exhibitionist #nudebeach #gaybeach #fullbush #bator
August 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Happy International Lefthanders Day from this pseudo-southpaw! (I’m left-handed when I jack off)
#exhibitionist #nudebeach #gaybeach #fullbush #bator
#exhibitionist #nudebeach #gaybeach #fullbush #bator
supporting independent lefty media and leftist journalists is the only way we counteract the flood of garbage spewing from the right, center, and pseudo-left. it sucks we don’t have access to those unlimited money fountains, but we still gotta keep going
August 31, 2025 at 12:16 AM
supporting independent lefty media and leftist journalists is the only way we counteract the flood of garbage spewing from the right, center, and pseudo-left. it sucks we don’t have access to those unlimited money fountains, but we still gotta keep going
"My science is different" is just "do your own research" in different words. It's pseudo-intellectual Dunning-Krugerism. It's quite literally the left end of the D-K scale
December 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"My science is different" is just "do your own research" in different words. It's pseudo-intellectual Dunning-Krugerism. It's quite literally the left end of the D-K scale
Boa noite bluesky, tag yourself
May 15, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Boa noite bluesky, tag yourself
6 of 15/ Aboot two seconds after PM Carney says, "ever" (0:21-0:22), Trump displays:
• A bilateral eyebrow flash (brief elevation of both eyebrows)
• A left head tilt
• An asymmetrical pseudo-smile
• A bilateral eyebrow flash (brief elevation of both eyebrows)
• A left head tilt
• An asymmetrical pseudo-smile
May 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM
6 of 15/ Aboot two seconds after PM Carney says, "ever" (0:21-0:22), Trump displays:
• A bilateral eyebrow flash (brief elevation of both eyebrows)
• A left head tilt
• An asymmetrical pseudo-smile
• A bilateral eyebrow flash (brief elevation of both eyebrows)
• A left head tilt
• An asymmetrical pseudo-smile
I’m not convinced that Blue Labour meaningfully exists outside op-eds and podcasts. It’s pure astroturf - a construction of resentful pseudo-intellectuals on the left.
May 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I’m not convinced that Blue Labour meaningfully exists outside op-eds and podcasts. It’s pure astroturf - a construction of resentful pseudo-intellectuals on the left.
At least it takes the wind out of the sails of the negotiation fanatics and pseudo-peace activists on the far right and far left. So in that sense, it’s a small victory.
September 27, 2026 at 7:54 AM
At least it takes the wind out of the sails of the negotiation fanatics and pseudo-peace activists on the far right and far left. So in that sense, it’s a small victory.
We’ve seen signs of this rollback to our old methods repeatedly.
(Although, we should probably acknowledge that some of old ways never really left)
Nationalizations continue as well as pseudo-nationalizations.
(Although, we should probably acknowledge that some of old ways never really left)
Nationalizations continue as well as pseudo-nationalizations.
January 13, 2026 at 4:00 PM
We’ve seen signs of this rollback to our old methods repeatedly.
(Although, we should probably acknowledge that some of old ways never really left)
Nationalizations continue as well as pseudo-nationalizations.
(Although, we should probably acknowledge that some of old ways never really left)
Nationalizations continue as well as pseudo-nationalizations.
For all the whinging about Bluesky’s left bias, it has a critical mass of people with expertise in a lot of subjects that happily shit on pseudo-woke takes.
September 25, 2026 at 3:08 PM
For all the whinging about Bluesky’s left bias, it has a critical mass of people with expertise in a lot of subjects that happily shit on pseudo-woke takes.
campism is bad and is also totally normalized on the radical left
so that's cool
so that's cool
July 26, 2026 at 11:15 PM
campism is bad and is also totally normalized on the radical left
so that's cool
so that's cool
We need a complete and total shutdown on right wing pseudo-intellectuals bloviating about how their substack posts are bravely defending the foundations of “Western civilization” against the radical left onslaught until we can determine if their ideas made more sense in the original German.
There’s a lot in Bari Weiss’ 2023 FedSoc speech that merits scrutiny but I think the Times did a disservice by closing with this quote — given what she says immediately after. fedsoc.org/commentary/f...
October 7, 2025 at 3:47 AM
We need a complete and total shutdown on right wing pseudo-intellectuals bloviating about how their substack posts are bravely defending the foundations of “Western civilization” against the radical left onslaught until we can determine if their ideas made more sense in the original German.
the same issue of "premature anti-fascism" except for some godforsaken reason, the pseudo-left is mad at people who think Trump is an autocratic populist
The people who've been told they are overreacting have been proved clear eyed in retrospect
March 1, 2025 at 2:15 AM
the same issue of "premature anti-fascism" except for some godforsaken reason, the pseudo-left is mad at people who think Trump is an autocratic populist
God, this is the most tiresome fucking shit. Go ahead and use whatever pseudo-intellectual masturbatory definition of left and right you want behind closed doors and leave the rest of us out of it.
May 4, 2024 at 4:09 PM
God, this is the most tiresome fucking shit. Go ahead and use whatever pseudo-intellectual masturbatory definition of left and right you want behind closed doors and leave the rest of us out of it.
8 of 28/ Immediately prior to saying, "next to Israel", Tammy Bruce displays a pseudo-smile – wherein the left corner of her mouth is angled upward and the left corner is angled downward. She is lying. Asymmetric smiles like this are duplicitous.
June 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
8 of 28/ Immediately prior to saying, "next to Israel", Tammy Bruce displays a pseudo-smile – wherein the left corner of her mouth is angled upward and the left corner is angled downward. She is lying. Asymmetric smiles like this are duplicitous.
They’re so used to creating pseudo-events to provide more material for the distorted frames of their bullshit machine. They are not used to these dynamics being turned against them. The left needs to seize the moment, organize its own events, and start generating content for its own viral messaging.
House Republican leadership has advised caucus members to avoid in-person town halls, fearing that voter backlash may become viral if circulated online.
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February 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM
They’re so used to creating pseudo-events to provide more material for the distorted frames of their bullshit machine. They are not used to these dynamics being turned against them. The left needs to seize the moment, organize its own events, and start generating content for its own viral messaging.