Jeff Crowe

The reason fascists gain ground so fast is that they combine their people being loyalists willing to violate laws and norms for their leader with a leader willing to sacrifice every last one of those loyal people to maintain power. Eventually they run out of credulous goons, but it takes a while.

Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!

Ezra Klein’s most recent column gives the game away: he talks about how horrified he was by Kirk’s assassination because he identifies with Kirk. Kirk, like Klein, talked for a living. So even if they had different policy positions, to some degree, Klein sees himself in Kirk. /1

this from my piece on charlie kirk is probably the most important takeaway if you want to know why bad faith, right-wing voices in media are treated as just another set of peers

Anna Bower is doing it right.

The thread as a shareable webpage: https://skywriter.blue/pages/did:plc:uvia34usrnxja3i55zafiyeg/post/3lxnewmsyvk26.

Somebody should ask JD Vance if he's going to follow the existing childhood vaccination schedule or follow whatever RFK Jr.'s hand-picked panel of ignorant buffoons comes up with. He'll probably pearl-clutch and feign offense on the pretense that even asking him the question is a HIPAA violation.

[Bill Cassidy looking down at corpse of chicken he has fucked to death]: That chicken should not have been fucked that hard

A “tariff rebate check” is like setting your kitchen on fire and then mailing yourself a bucket of water. There's an easier way to avoid the burn.

On virtually every issue where, a decade ago, I would have been sympathetic to “the Republican position,” they’ve chucked it out the window in favor of Trump worship.

One of the more depressing features of the past decade has been seeing how quickly and easily the right abandoned the genuinely good principles it once pretended to care about. Free trade; federalism; free speech. They jettissoned everything they had a point about & kept all the loathesome bits.

I have lost all patience with the apparently unshakeable conviction that striking a reasonable, moderate pose means assuming the sincerity of transparently pretextual horseshit. Donald Trump does not care about reducing crime in DC. He is testing and normalizing paramilitary deployments in cities.

They sent approximately the same number of people to re-arrest the sandwich guy as were sent to kill Osama bin Laden.

bsky.app/profile/levo... A good follow.

Please welcome my friend Scott who is new. Throw him a follow and/or recommend lists for him. He's an expat, a critical thinker, a slightly libertarian leaning but kind of traditional liberal, a writer and photographer, and always interesting. bsky.app/profile/digi...

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This is exactly the point. Keeping your job in this hollowed-out corrupt DoJ, basically Donald Trump’s personal grievance firm, is useless. It’s like saying “if I refuse to strangle this puppy I might lose my job in the puppy-strangling factory!”

Use your body for fun. Go outside. Be physical. Pick an activity or sport or pastime that keeps you moving, and (unless you happen to be asexual) have a lot of sex. Other health advice you'll get can enhance/support this, but do the best you can regardless of your fitness level. Also, meditate.

i'm tired of being told to stop doomscrolling. i'm just scrolling, it's not my fault there's doom on there

#DeportUshaVance

@normeisen.bsky.social I'll subscribe anyway...because it's you...but I find the term "contrarian" is perceived by most people to mean someone who takes a contrary view regardless of the merits, just to be contrary, and I don't think that's what you're after.

@dieworkwear.bsky.social Sir: I do not care about fashion *at all*, but you are a national treasure.

"The essence of fascism is to simplify complex problems and feed people who don't have time to read some bullshit." I will never disrespect a soap opera actor again.

@jsphil.bsky.social hello!

@bsky.support does anyone know a way to automatically ignore and block anyone pretending be Elon Musk who follows me? (Also OK if I this ignores and blocks actual Elon Musk).

Hey Bluesky...welcome my sister @donnacrowe.bsky.social. Yeah, she's a lawyer, but she's much more interested in pet rescue and dry and/or crude humor. (Probably not looking for followers but would love some suggestions of what to follow.)

If you see this, post a photo you made of a sunset.

I agree with famous pundit Tom Nichols on many (most?) things and I find him to be a smart and insightful analyst. But I'm traveling by airplane and I am not going to dress as though I'm attending a Board Meeting. I will wear shoes. I will be comfortable, quiet, and emit no odors. Good enough.

@juliemason.bsky.social did Theo join Bluesky yet?

@scifri.bsky.social today's show said that it's Plato's birthday. Other sources seem to disagree. (November 7th seems right?) Explain?

@juliemason.bsky.social Theo Meyer must join Bluesky. #theomeyermustjoinbluesky

Journalists with sticky fingers: NPR's Scott Simon talks about items missing from Air Force One, prompting the White House Correspondents Association to remind reporters to leave these things be.

4BEF

@juliemason.bsky.social Theo Meyer must join Bluesky. #theomeyermustjoinbluesky

@juliemason.bsky.social welcome here!

Quote with a perfect album.

Block the nazis and move on instead of incentivizing their content strategy is a norm I hope continues as this site grows.