Rebecca Cohen

27 Jan 2025

21h

I'm surprised he didn't say vaccines make you Arabic.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

Where's that pink guy when I need him (which is all the time)

J. L. Westover@mrlovenstein.bsky.social

Secret Panel HERE 💸 patreon.com/mrlovenstein/posts/conflict-of-133825816

This is not how calendars work

Kim Hu@kim-hu.com

I can't believe he's still at it, it's been days

Trump pronounces "low IQ" with a hard R.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "Somalia -- 98% of the people here now from Somalia don't work. They don't have to work because they steal so much. They all have a Mercedes Benz. Low IQ and they live better than you do."

Think of how great this country would be if left-wing transgender witches were the only ones who voted.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Ted Cruz: "Right now, if you are left-wing transgender witch, you hate Donald Trump"

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James Hell Brooks

@kleinman.bsky.social

Elon didn't invent the flying car, ETA did

This post fails to mention the part where he refers to pnuemonic plague as "the pneumonia plague."

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

Q: "Are you concerned about the current plague outbreak in Russia?" Trump: "I am…I hate to see them having it. It's a rough disease. You know, that's a disease we used to be able to control, but somehow those microbes have gotten stronger and smarter."

They've never called me out directly but I know this sign is because of me

saucepodcast.comVetBros and Pete Hegseth (with Guest John Armenta!)Who is Pete Hegseth, how in hell did he end up Secretary of Defense, why is he renaming it the Department of War, and what were he and Trump doing calling 600 top generals into a room for a Big Boy…

Worth a listen if I may say so myself.

The Sauce with Maya Gurantz and Rebecca Cohen@saucepodcast.bsky.social

While everyone's noticing Pete Hegseth and his insecure masculinity, now might be a good time to revisit (or hear for the first time!) our conversation about Hegseth, fragile masculinity and the whole phenomenon of VetBro culture. www.saucepodcast.com/vetbros-and-...

Everyone is 12 and has brain rot from fanboying TikTok manosphere influencers.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Hegseth: "It's worth saying again so the fake news understands it. We are no longer the woke department or the weak department. Simple translation of that -- no fatties no trannies no beardos no weirdos no wimps no radicals. Just warriors."

Remind me how things turned out for Rome?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Hegseth: "We need students of western civilization and the pillars of our republic. Leaders who understand the faith of Jerusalem, the philosophy of anthems -- Athens. The power of Rome, and the freedom of Philadelphia circa 1776."

@ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social

I don’t get what's the big deal about Jews in Texas.

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The Volatile Mermaid

22 Sept

Hot Girl Summer is over. Welcome to Witch Woman Autumn.

21 Sept

Learn how to use apostrophes.

da share z0ne@dasharez0ne.bsky.social

LEARN 2 PIRATE - dashare.zone ADMIN

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19 Sept

In 2004, Bush won by invoking the gay marriage boogeman. Then Obama won (twice) while refusing to openly support gay marriage. And then gay marriage happened anyway! That series of events left an indelible impression on Democratic strategists. The lesson is seared into their minds in perpetuity.

Oliver Willis@owillis.bsky.social

these dem consultants tell dems to echo right wing narratives to "take the issue off the table" but all it does is validate the right wing attack and anger center left/progressive support and make it more likely the candidate will lose

19 Sept

Oliver Willis@owillis.bsky.social

19 Sept

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Stephanie 🍉@ageofoddish.bsky.social

mmygod

17 Sept

It's hard to believe everything that's happened over the past 10 years.

I wish you all could see how dumb the whole progressives vs centrists beef is. I'm not saying oh we must come together and be united or whatever, I'm just telling you the back-and-forth sounds more insular, tribalist and reactionary than thoughtful or constructive.

A+ job unintentionally illustrating the point being responded to

Look if it were official GOP policy to round Jews into camps and some Dem candidates were like "what if we just make them wear yellow armbands?" I'm gonna be honest I would have a lot of trouble voting for any of those Democrats. Not making an argument about strategy here, just stating how it is.

I'm just saying, obviously the candidate who wants to exterminate me is objectively worse than the one who agrees that my people are a blight on western civilization but only wants to restrict my rights a little bit. But like, think about what you're asking when you tell me to vote for that person.

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Shaenon K. Garrity

@shaenon.bsky.social

11 Sept

When reactionaries advance some bullshit, the FIRST thing to do is identify the framing and reject it They're selling this as "trans rights vs. women's sports" when they hate both those things and want to ruin them both Accept the frame and you've lost Reject the frame and call bullshit

Bugs 🔜 MC Atlanta@bugsmaytrix.bsky.social

"fairness in women's sports" is literally just "ethics in games journalism" like this is the same thing this is part of the same playbook dawg

bit.lyTrump, hoping to salvage midterms, makes dubious pledge to give every US adult $5,000 if GOP winsPresident Donald Trump says he plans to give every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections.

10 Sept

This is the exact equivalent of "I promise pizza parties every day if I'm elected 4th grade class president."

The Associated Press@apnews.com

President Donald Trump pledged to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections. The promise, made at the GOP's midterm convention in Dallas, could cost over $1 trillion and would require congressional approval.

@emilynussbaum.bsky.social

4 Sept

Are you saying I'd be wealthier than John D. Rockefeller in 1926, or would I have to actually *be* John D. Rockefeller in 1926?

Buttadeus@thewanderingjew.bsky.social

Would you rather be you in 2026 or the richest man in the world in 1926?

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Gremliny Nussboo

3 Sept

Heartbreaking to hear that Gloria Steinem has died & very painful for it to happen when the world feels so poisoned by misogyny. A brilliant, generous activist who devoted her life to making the world a freer place 💔

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Am I a stereotypical old crank or were movies actually better back then?

Rebecca Cohen@gynostar.bsky.social

Only a few of the movies that came out when I was 20: Fargo Trainspotting 12 Monkeys The Usual Suspects Casino Toy Story Welcome to the Dollhouse Bottle Rocket Fallen Angels Ghost in the Shell Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy Muppet Treasure Island Se7en Babe Desperado To Die For Sense and Sensibility

"ACTG sequences" LMAO what a fucking idiot

Razzball@razzball.bsky.social

Gonna print this out and put it under wipers on Teslas in Los Angeles

Am I a stereotypical old crank or were movies actually better back then?

Rebecca Cohen@gynostar.bsky.social

Honorable mention: Empire Records Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie James and the Giant Peach The Craft

1 Sept

Ooh and don't forget late stage capitalism

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30 Aug

Who exactly do they think is going to clean the pool and pick the lettuce?

Josh Sternberg@joshsternberg.com

This is where the 1% will go to restart civilization after a nuclear attack. But it for me thinking: what if the uber wealthy built these bunkers for more people — and not for nuclear attacks but for the climate crisis that will get us all — instead of trying to leave the planet?

28 Aug

It's impossible to overstate, or really even to properly articulate, the impact these performances had on me as a child.

Impossible to read this and not hear it in her voice.

spooky halloween txt@metaltxt.bsky.social

en.wikipedia.orgKahanism - Wikipedia

It depends, e.g. "Zionism" could mean... -Unconditional support for Israel's or the IDF's actions -Opposition to Palestinian rights and self determination -Israeli right wing nationalism and/or its backers -Religious Zionism -Christian Zionism -Kahanism (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahanis...)

Wendy M. A. Darling@wendymadarling.bsky.social

So what word should folks use?

24 Aug

I need some folks to know that when you say "Zionists," to many Jewish people it doesn't sound a whole lot less antisemitic than just saying "Jews." I tell you this not to accuse anyone of antisemitism, but on the assumption that you'd rather not give the appearance of it when it can be avoided.

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So when people claim to be anti-Zionist or they disparage Zionists, it sounds like they're saying they oppose Israel's very existence and are at best ambivalent about the Jewish people's continued existence.

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Rebecca Cohen@gynostar.bsky.social

When people attack "Zionists," whether they mean to or not, they seem to be saying that the millions of Jews in Israel should be ethnically cleansed and the Jewish people should remain perpetually stateless and vulnerable, This makes many Jewish people uncomfortable!

24 Aug

Yep, people have their own definitions of Zionism and don't seem to realize (or care) that other people understand the term differently, leading to confusion and misunderstanding. Then they repeat "I'm not antisemitic, I'm anti-Zionist," as if that clarifies things. bsky.app/profile/jere...

Jeremiah Oshan@jeremiah.sounderatheart.com

Also I only recently learned that Zionist is akin to ‘Jewish supremacist’ in many people’s minds when historically it’s mostly meant ‘vaguely supports a Jewish state.’

To lots of people, Zionism is simply support for Israel's existence. And many American Jews—including me—were raised to feel deeply connected to Israel and to think of it as our people's refuge, even key to our survival.

14 Aug

To be honest this sounds like a skills issue

jon christian@jonchristian.net

kids today are literally confused about whether "partying" was real or an urban legend

10 Aug

It's funny that conservatives are mad at Nolan's ODYSSEY for its diverse casting, when in reality the movie's ethical framework is deeply reactionary.

10 Aug

I can't believe how accurate this is.

lauren@lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com

if they're drinking nounwine it's fantasy. if they're snorting a verb it's sci fi