daniel (godunman)

daniel (godunman)

@danielwaker.bsky.social

rewiring my brain electro-chemistry

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fun fact: relative to the national trend, NC has basically trended even or to the left in every presidential election since 2000. it's been a long time coming, but as they say: slowly, then all at once 2024: 4.1% 2020: 0.0% 20216: 0.1% 2012: 1.0% 2008: 3.0% 2004: 3.4% 200: -0.1%

VoteHub@votehub.com

North Carolina Early Vote Tracking 🌲 As of Oct. 26, 2026 Total early votes: 1,545,501 (+468,183) 39.6% of projected final turnout. Modeled 2026 Vote: 🔵 Roy Cooper: 56.4% - 66.0% 🔴 Michael Whatley : 32.0% - 41.6% Remaining votes in NC will be much more Republican. We rate this race as Solid D.

this puts it in company with VA and WA, the former logically being a pretty good comparison. and perhaps unsurprisingly, the next closest state is their neighbor, MD (only because it was 0.4 R in 2004). it seems the left has slowly been encroaching upon the south this century

Clinton and Biden fucking sucked holyyyyy shit can we finally acknowledge this

Sky Marchini@sky.skymarchini.net

I don’t think the young people (ie if you’re under 25 you don’t really remember Obama) realize just how electric a speaker he is

"When you tax something, you get less of it"

Most billionaire wealth isn't in yachts or jewelry — that's just a few percent of it. Most is productive business capital: companies that employ people, build things, and fund research. Tax that wealth and you're taxing the businesses that employ us all. Cato's Adam Michel explains.

you’re telling me that you have to have faith that your government enacts the will of the people and doesn’t abuse their power?

Mathdemigod@mathdemigod.bsky.social

"generally" is doing some heavy lifting here. You've got an awful lot of faith that these cameras will only be used the way the government pinky promises they'll be used.

daniel (godunman) reposted

The ability to handle ambiguity in life and art is a sign of maturity and I am so bothered by how many people don’t seem to trust other people to be able to process these things. It’s the same impulse that leads to yelling at headlines for not explicitly saying something is bad.

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pedocon theory is a theory like gravity etc

Vivek is doubling down and doing a $4m ad buy for the Acton Mom ad which has been widely debunked and faced bipartisan backlash www.axios.com/2026/10/21/r...

daniel (godunman) reposted

i say this from time to time but it's really a shame that the ADL has become what it's become, because we sure could use an American organization against Jew-hatred that wasn't badly fumbling its mission. (sit down, Bob Kraft, you're extremely not helping)

Joel S.@joelhs.bsky.social

If Zohran Mamdani or Abdul El-Sayed had used the word “Shylock” as an insult, the ADL would be attacking them by name relentlessly. But Donald Trump used it, so we get a generic condemnation of the word without any specific reference to who actually used it, and with no assumption of intent.

what exactly is the difference between this and fantasizing about doing a mass shooting

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸@patriottakes.bsky.social

Republican candidate Brandon Herrera: “I fucking hate cyclists. Jesus fucking Christ! ….I had fucking fantasies of running them all over and, you know, maybe one of these days I will. …I have thought about ways that I could get away with it.”

which way media illiterate leftist analysis, does YCSE "paint Elizabeth Holmes in a sympathetic light knowing she killed a bunch of people" or does it "show how all of society is guilty of her crimes and she is the scapegoat"

Mass education and what property taxes are NOW. Why does this man think paying off your home has anything to do with property taxes

Politico@politico.com

“I’m old. I’ve paid my home off,” said Ray Warner, a 72-year-old Akron resident. “Why would I pay property tax?” Across the country, homeowners are asking the same question and revolting against property taxes at a scale not seen in a half century.

I see what mom says about the Legos I threw on the ground. I see her criticizing decisions I have made, the kids at playtime have made. But fundamentally we are where we are. I'd like to know what's mom's solution for the problem we have right now? It's easy to criticize

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

JD Vance: "I see what Abdul El-Sayed says about the war in Iran. I see him criticizing decisions the president has made, the military has made. But fundamentally we are where we are.I'd like to know what's Abdul El-Sayed's solution for the problem we have right now? It's easy to criticize"

we’re reaching levels of knowing ball never before seen

Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social

Republicans Don’t Know Ball Update: A hockey blogger asked the two Michigan Senate candidates for statements on the Red Wings. Rogers: blah blah Michigan loves the Red Wings El-Sayed: angry rant about how the cheap owners MUST pay Detroit’s young star defenseman octopusthrower.com/what-each-mi...

continues to blow my mind that NC and GA are allegedly going to be blowouts but then everything else is within margin of error? including fuckin Minnesota?

Jon Cooper@joncooper-us.bsky.social

🚨REPUBLICANS HAVE A SENATE PROBLEM. NC: Cooper +14 GA: Ossoff +8.1 NH: Pappas +5.9 OH: Brown +3.1 TX: Talarico +2.7 MI: El-Sayed +2.7 MN: Flanagan +2.2 AK: Peltola +1.4 ME: Jackson +1.2 IA: Turek +0.6 KS: TIED The map is expanding. A Dem Senate majority is within reach. Now let’s finish the job.

apparently I’m taking crazy pills because I think if you make the choice to own a dog you should also be responsible for the actions of that pet that are destructive, such as peeing on other people’s things? “oh it’s just pee it’s fine” isn’t really your choice if it’s not yours

Patrick Cosmos@veryimportant.lawyer

I'm so excited for his 2028 this man has catastrophically negative juice. I really hope he becomes the nominee

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Q: How do you define socialism personally? JD VANCE: I think in reality what it actually means in the American context is you want to replace American workers with foreigners workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports

daniel (godunman) reposted

Zoognosis with Joy!@zoognosisjoy.bsky.social

Parents are poisoning their children because they know what's best for them. People are selling poison to children because it comes from an animal, how can it be dangerous, it's natural? The state is abdicating its prerogative to regulate food because the cranks cannot stop poisoning children.

daniel (godunman) reposted

it is too late, for i have portrayed myself as the smiling young man and yourself as the seething florida retiree

daniel (godunman) reposted

the funny thing about this of course is that "athenian democracy" was a cautionary tale to the framers, who saw it as unstable and prone to demagogues and tyrants like the one rubio works for

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

this Rubio speech feels a lot like a 2028 soft launch

type of discourse that reveals who does not know ball. SI already has an established meaning, you can't just replace a term with a subset of that term and pretend it's the same thing

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

BAIER: The president says 'SI.' Are you into SI or AI? BEZOS: I do like SI, because 'artificial' is not a very flattering thing. Like, nobody wants an artificial sweetener, artificial flavoring.

yeah this is straight up grounds for removal from the court. no man, especially a white man born in 1950, should be allowed to lie about what women do with their lives. brother it's only abstract to YOU because you are an infertile man

Marty Lederman@martylederman.bsky.social

Samuel Alito: We won't overturn Obergefell because it's engendered reliance interests. Jan Crawford: Well, many people had organized their lives around Roe v. Wade. Alito: No, they didn't. Women merely had an "abstract" interest in "ideas about the kind of society that they were going to live in."

“fitness standards” is so funny because standing in place is not exactly good for you either

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

TSA says it is removing chairs at document checks in airports, requiring staff to stand for their shift. TSA explained the reason as twofold: to ensure its employees meet its fitness standards and to create an amiable environment for travelers.

I know everyone on this app already hates Tik Tok but holy shit why is everyone on it so hostile to bikes and transit. Why is Instagram Reels of all places more forward thinking and reasonable

daniel (godunman) reposted

And happily for most of America where we have constructed a monoculture of car-dependence and single family housing (as well as the culture of NIMBYism springing forth from it) we also have the most expensive transportation in history! America!

there is a 99% chance that if you believe there is an “all encompassing HR bureaucracy” you are the problem

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze)@newsjennifer.bsky.social

I see the NYT is still platforming 'dei crushed white men' bullsh*t. Here it's buried in a 'why rural themed pop culture' is so popular in a piece written by a Princeton grad who lives in New York City. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/o...