This Is Exhausting

en.wikipedia.orgE. W. Bastard - Wikipedia

Sadly, probably not enough material here for a full Behind the Bastard (singular this time) episode. @iwriteok.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social

Jason C. Cole@theduckmachine.bsky.social

A cricketer for @actualnames.bsky.social en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._W._B...

stltoday.comICE agent wounds man in Austin, Texas, shooting, city officials say

21 Sept

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Example #6,327 of why this agency is beyond "reform." Nothing short of abolishing ICE will solve this.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch@stltoday.com

The shooting is the latest in a series of incidents involving ICE, which has become the face of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

5 Sept

This mental midget thinks that as long as a person doesn't say the exact, literal words "I hate [minority group] and wish they would cease to exist," then you can't actually call that person a bigot. People like him aren't stupid, they simply agree with the bigot's subtext.

Mededitor@mededitor.bsky.social

Too much criticism here has been penumbral, reading between the lines, paraphrasing her and saying well if she thinks this then she must think *that.* So, point me to her exact words that state she is opposed to the very existence of trans people. Exact words, not an Advocate op-ed. Good luck.

5 Sept

Screen grab for when he blocks me or delinks the quote.

29 Aug

I need just one centrist Dem to explain why Jeffries meeting with Kushner is good. These people are fucking deranged.

27 Aug

"The Gestapo can be reformed. We still need security." ~ 1930s @philindigo.bsky.social (Disabling quote posts was probably a good move on his part. Really limits the spread of his most asinine takes.)

27 Aug

I hope beyond hope that the guy arguing with me here doesn't represent the average Democrat. If so, we are well and truly fucked.

This Is Exhausting@thisisexhausting.bsky.social

If you start at a moderate position or a barely-left-of-center position, the compromise will only ever result in a right wing policy. This is why even "liberals" in this country would be considered moderate (at most) in any other country.

15 Aug

He also turned off replies so no one else could drag his dork ass for his shitty "Won't somebody please think of the billionaires!?!" take.

This post is unavailable.

5 Aug

Oops. @itsnotuitsme1911.bsky.social 😘😘😘

This post is unavailable.

Appealing to the Liz Cheneys of the world got Democrats fuck all in 2024, and this guy wants to use the same perpetually losing strategy in 2026 and beyond. Also, what you call "the center" has been moved so far right they make Bush look like a fucking progressive.

This post is unavailable.

Hey! Another centrist goon with her replies turned off. Go figure. The fact that she *wants* to return to the politics of the "before time" shows just how disingenuous she is. Coming right out and saying "I'm only doing this so I can return to supporting conservatives more quickly."

This post is unavailable.

This guy (replies off, of course) has post after post explaining how miserable it was defecting from conservative groups. How they made his life hell. This is how the vast majority of conservatives are: so indoctrinated into the cult, they do this to people they claim to love.

This post is unavailable.

That would certainly suggest that the number of "never trump" conservatives is so tiny that they could not possibly be a reliable source for coalition building. All of these people will spend more time courting Liz Cheney than they will spend pursuing policy that will actually help people.

And blocked within a matter of seconds. Here's the post I was referring to:

9 July

It's time for Bluesky to prohibit quote posting when the quote poster (like @blackapostate.blacksky.app) has replies turned off. Either you want to be a part of the conversation or you do not. Tired of little chicken shits who think they should get to do all the talking. Get in the game or fuck off

9 July

I comprehend the meme just fucking fine, smartass. OP made a statement, reply guy then punched out a douchy statement that responded to something the OP never said. Pretty simple.

2 July

All of the replies to this post have more likes than the original post. Literally all of them. 😂

This post is unavailable.

1 July

It's interesting how one little reply to an obviously antagonistic post can cause an old man to throw a tantrum and turn off replies. J.M. should really stop being so emotional and stop acting like anything on social media really matters. (Screenshot of my reply when he predictably de-links this)

This post is unavailable.

27 June

@elitegrifters.bsky.social Mayor Mamdani said he would be Mayor for "all" New Yorkers, and yet, here is in a swimming pool when not every New Yorker can swim! Can you please pin this to your profile so everyone knows what a gRifTer! he is? #shrimpgate2026

Spectrum News NY1@spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social

New York City residents are celebrating the reopening of public pools — including Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who jumped into the water while wearing a suit at an East Harlem pool on Saturday. Outdoor public pools will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day through Sept. 13.

27 June

LOL. Amazing.

26 June

Pretty much all of the alt[government agency] accounts are steaming hot garbage. Their only purpose is engagement bait and spreading bullshit.

hanlonquincy.bsky.social@hanlonquincy.bsky.social

Was this post a hack or is it time to recalibrate how much trust I have in altNOAA? Not just since this is a fake story but also for the non nuanced opinion on marine mammals under human care.

28 May

It was a good call turning off replies here. What a fucking dipshit. Trump: [underwater on immigration and effectively every issue] Dumbass: This Democratic candidate should emulate Trump. (Pic attached in case this asshole drinks the post.)

This post is unavailable.

28 May

*de-links this post

28 May

Border patrol agents: [execute protestors in the street] Dipshit: This can be reformed.

This post is unavailable.

It's never that Dems didn't campaign well enough. It's never that they ignored, insulted, and condescended to the voters they now claim they desperately needed. Always someone else's fault. If Biden Admin had been even *slightly* tougher on Israel, we wouldn't be living through Trump 2.0 right now.

This post is unavailable.

Oh, and Occum's Razor is actually that Dem leadership hates Muslim and Trans Americans more than it hates genocide.

Remember leftists: It will always be your job to give Dems what they want and it will never be their job to nominate a candidate who doesn't suck ass. Dem lickspittles like this guy want to constantly tell you your views are stupid and not representative of the mainstream.

This post is unavailable.

They constantly tell you to go pound sand and join in right wing taunts of "Commie!" and "Marxist!" Then, when you go pound sand at election time, they scream and cry about how badly they needed you and that you're the reason they lost. Blame themselves? Never. Learn anything? Never.

Couldn't possibly be their fault. Gotta blame the brown people and the trans people. After all that, they come here and act like condescending little shits, and turn off the replies because, as it turns out, feckless little weasels IRL are feckless little weasels online too.

2 Mar

This dipshit is attacking anyone to the left of "spineless moderate" while actively defending the Trump administration's handling of the Epstein files. He's claiming to be a good Democrat while protecting the pedophile star of the Epstein files.

This post is unavailable.

9 Jan

FREE THEM ALL!! 🇵🇸@djmuel.bsky.social

lmao

7 Jan

I'd encourage anyone to take a screen recording of this video and save it to their phone. It is only a matter of time before host sites remove it and the social media apps start removing posts that include links to it. Continue sharing it at will.

This Is Exhausting reposted

5 Jan

Replying to @ericmgarcia.bsky.social

They could have, I dunno, not voted to confirm the bulk of his cabinet or the bulk of his judicial nominees. They could have not voted for a continuing resolution that handed all the cards back to Republicans at a rare moment when Dems actually had them on the ropes.

5 Nov 2025

@thelouvreof.bsky.social Can I submit a nomination?

1819news.com'Fundamentally anti-American': Tuberville working to limit practice…U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) is pushing to protect Americans from the dangers of Sharia Law and militant Islamists with two pieces of legislation…

16 Oct 2025

The early 2000s called, and they would like their moral panic back. (Seriously, I haven't heard anyone shriek about "Sharia Law" for at least a decade.)

Robin Marty @robinmarty.com

Tuberville is being an utter embarrassment again, but this pic is so very ripe for the photoshopping... 1819news.com/news/item/fu...

29 Sept 2025

@chatterton.bsky.social I absolutely love you lecturing the left on the importance of disagreement while also disabling replies and quotes. The audacity to chastise anything on Bluesky while you continue to patronize a social media platform run by a Nazi is stunning. bsky.app/profile/chat...

29 Sept 2025

Ezra Klein sucks because he's living in a delusional fantasy world where civility can win over fascists. The administration is committing dozens of constitutional violations each day, and Ezra is worried that the left sounds too condescending.

29 Sept 2025

If someone is wrong, and confidently so, it is not anyone's job to placate their feelings or tell them their views are valid. This is even more true when the things a person is confidently incorrect about can get people killed. Did I say that plainly enough or was it too condescending?