Unstable Genius

Unstable Genius

@anunstablegenius.bsky.social

Proud Canadian. I value truth, I think the bad guys of WWII are bad, and I hate stupidity. These traits make me a liberal by default.

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Ever heard of the Washington Generals? The Harlem Globetrotters' rivals. They're paid to lose, because they're owned by the same people, and they abide by standard rules and will never interfere with Globetrotters' antics. They've lost 16,000 games. Anyway, hope Chuck Schumer's having a good day.

Lindsey Graham famously said that when he died, God wasn't going to ask him why he voted against impeaching Trump. I'm guessing he knew God was gonna want to talk about the male escorts first.

Very funny that Republicans decided to go with "Gas prices going up has nothing to do with Republicans being in office" as their lie. Even in a fantasy world where that was true, they're saying, "Despite our best efforts, we are completely incapable of ever fixing this, please vote for us anyway."

Trump tells the UN he's changing Artifical Intelligence to Super Intelligence and going to make the new acronym SI. Si is Spanish for yes, so expect every SI research grant to abruptly get canceled when it's mistaken for DEI and purged by a 20-year-old who Groked "woke" and hit delete.

Deeply funny that we're seeing Byron Donalds and other sycophants drop Trump for being campaign cancer, and the White House is like, "Clearly the problem is that the president isn't on TV enough."

Trump stood in a half-empty room and told his cult that it was full to the brim with thousands more trying to get inside. They watched him lie to them about something they could *see* was not true *while he was saying it.* And then he told them he'd give them $5,000 and they still believed him.

25 years ago, I watched the attacks. I saw news of war and hatred, and I was terrified that the world, as we knew it, was changing. Today, I remember the attacks. I see news of war and hatred. And I'm terrified that the world, as we have known it, will not change.

For all the Republicans out there: Your life should matter to you. You should not keep saying, "Please stop doing things that are killing me, but no worries if not!" to politicians. Your complicity gives these people endless license to take everything and give you nothing. Don't give it to them.

Republican voters fundamentally don't understand what their votes do. Your vote is an incentive. When you say you will continue voting for people who destroy your life and business, you are saying "there are zero consequences to harming me" and removing the only incentive for them to stop doing it.

Once more for the James Talaricos in the back: Ceding ground to the right on trans issues is stupid. The people who won't vote for you aren't going to be persuaded by that. It's a mirage. Now your base turnout is going to be depressed by the betrayal. In a non-voting state like Texas, that's lethal.

Maria Bartiromo: Hello, I am a fake journalist best known for seeming drunk on air, spreading lies that cost my previous employer $787 billion, continuing to spread the same lies afterwards, and leaking confidential info to the White House. Bari Weiss: OMG You had me at "fake journalist." <3

At a sporting event and they've got one of those robot dogs running around doing tricks for the crowd. And all I can think is that in America they're using those to hunt down human beings. I hate what our world is.

Watching that one episode of Superstore where ICE got called on the store bc corporate is union-busting, and then they're like, "Corporate isn't allowed to do that!" and then ICE just... lets go of the guy they arrested? I'm like, "Pff. That really dates this show." It came out in 2019, y'all..

Trans kid wants to play a sport? GOP congress needs to weigh in. Woman and her doctor agree she should have an abortion? GOP congress needs to weigh in. GOP congressman breaks a child's collarbone and abuses his wife? GOP congress thinks that's a family matter, won't offer an opinion.

Serious question, seeking serious answers. I see a lot of warnings about allowing China to get more control, but like... in what specific ways is China worse than what we currently see from America, Russia, Israel? I'm genuinely curious and I want opinions from people smarter than me.

Crazy that the sitting president announced that he intends to violate the constitution and run for an illegal third term, but he did such a lousy stand-up act that the headlines are just talking about how bad and stale his material was.

Lindsey Graham will not be remembered for accomplishing anything; he won't live on through lives he improved or places he made better. His legacy is his servile cowardice. He could have been a hero like McCain, and instead chose to betray every value for a man who will have forgotten him tomorrow.

bsky.app/profile/anun... I said this eight months ago. I've skeeted at Platner to drop out before this, and I've argued against his defenders. He should drop out. Now. But so should Susan Collins, for enabling men she knows to be guilty of much worse. She'd put Platner on SCOTUS if he were GOP.

Unstable Genius@anunstablegenius.bsky.social

There is a responsibility that comes with being principled. If you want to be the party that opposes Nazis, that means the guy with the Nazi tattoo gets told, "Fuck off. You have no place with us. We would rather lose without you than win with you." This is the BARE MINIMUM standard.

Thinking about this again today for no particular reason.

Unstable Genius@anunstablegenius.bsky.social

There is a responsibility that comes with being principled. If you want to be the party that opposes Nazis, that means the guy with the Nazi tattoo gets told, "Fuck off. You have no place with us. We would rather lose without you than win with you." This is the BARE MINIMUM standard.

I couldn't care less about the world cup. It's a sporting event. There was a sporting event just before it, there will be a sporting event after it. That being said, ponder how insane it is that the White House asked FIFA to thumb the scales for them, and that not one person was surprised by that.

Seriously. Think about the fact that absolutely no one heard "The White House asked FIFA to change rulings in their favor," and went, "No, America is a serious country with serious leaders who realize how embarrassing and tacky it would be to cheat." Think about how messed up that is.

America is a bus, and the driver is mowing down pedestrians while accelerating towards a cliff, and Americans are like, "Okay, but there's a sign saying not to disturb the bus driver. I might get in trouble if I do anything, so I'd better just keep sitting here."

Republicans: "Look, the former Attorney General held a closed-door session where she wasn't under oath after trying to avoid it several times, and in that session she didn't explicitly say that the guy who still signs her paychecks is a child predator. How much more proof of innocence do you need?"

God: Is that a golden calf I spy? Evangelicals: No, it's just a golden rapist pedophile who blew up an elementary school. God: Oh, that's all right then. - How actual Evangelicals think that conversation would go.

It really cannot be overstated how crazy it is that Oilers fans don't want to risk traveling to Anaheim to watch the playoffs. Alberta is oil country, a conservative bastion led by a Trumpian premier. Even the GOP's ideological acolytes know that crossing the border legally is dangerous.

A small minority of people never shut up about how much they wanted a fat criminal racist to be president, now he's president. A large majority of people need to never shut up about how badly they want a fat criminal racist to be removed from office and thrown in jail.

Well, Pam Bondi may have sold her soul to enable some of the worst crimes imaginable, and she became one of the most hated people in America for the rest of her life, but at least she also got nothing for it. Great job, Pam!

Dear Emily Gregory, There's a rapist living in your district. Records show over two dozen assault accusations against him going back decades. Please keep your district safe by having this evil criminal put behind bars as soon as possible. Sincerely, All of us