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Once more time: the Orange Crew abandoning Taiwan was already foreseeable at least in Jul'24 and probably earlier.
Reading Elbridge Coldby stuff and the excellent thread by porteaux* it was quite obvious. While in retrospective I was too rational back then.
*Nice to see @ptx.bsky.social here
Posts by pourteaux
bluesky is oligarch-free social
interesting
that’s him. he said “learn to code.”
raw milk chuds reject pasteurization because it’s “unnatural” and then go and drink the mammary lactations of a cow.
oh girl, it’s been seen
how it started / how it’s going
honestly amazed by China’s forethought and good fortune having cultivated Elon Musk who now controls the U.S. government
AfD is Germany’s neo-Nazi party
New Jerseyans when a commercial airplane flies overhead
exactly- VoA becomes much more like CGTN when a propagandist like Lake is at the helm. really unfortunate
is this real love
real
korea’s Jan 7th was 100x better than usa’s
1000% tariffs on podcast equipment
1000% tariffs on podcast equipment
surprise
“Get in losers. We’re getting measles.”
the MAGA “landslide”
old movie, fresh idea
me, logging into X
yeah… what’s amazing to me is the stuff they know *not* to talk about (anti-vax, jan6) in order to keep their world alive
trying to listen as much as i can to smart ppl on the Right to understand their world view
so far have:
- spent 6+ months reading curtis yarvin
- listened to endless red scare episodes
- @RichardMCNgo (on X) DJT defenses
- currently listening to the 3hrs of rogan + andreessen
thankful for such a smart and kind community of friends on Bluesky!
very happy to be on bluesky
good!
lots of good movies recently, here are my faves in order:
Anora
All shall be well (广东话)
A Real Pain
Conclave
Wicked
crackdowns on independent contractors is out of control. i don’t want to be an employee and can buy my own “benefits” and don’t need any government busybody “protecting” me by forcing me to accept a boss. NY in particular is backwards on this.
big beasts and many tiny creatures
windswept grassy plains, expansive landscape, and majestic clouds