Teeklin

@teeklin.bsky.social

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World record holder for most migraines. Unfortunately no visions of the future. Yet.

post from @sharonk.bsky.social: once again: it's so fascinating how like everyone seems to want to blame the 2024 result on anything *BUT* the economy
Text from article: "The lesson of the last four-plus presidential terms is not that we need fewer guardrails and procedural hurdles, but that those distinctive features are why America is the only country with 200 years of continually functioning democracy. By rejecting a crude tyranny of the majority and granting powers to minority views and factions, we have created a durable democracy that gives all parties and factions a reason to participate even when they lose elections."
Text from article: "Of course, any political movement with ambitious policy goals will chafe at operating within systems that force securing broad-based support and clearing constitutional hurdles to enact legislation. Many Democrats of all ideological stripes were profoundly frustrated at how both the Supreme Court and the Senate filibuster limited how much the Barack Obama and Joe Biden administrations could accomplish. But much of what they did accomplish by running the legislative gauntlet, more so than by executive fiat, has remained in place. Trump, in contrast, is allergic to such spadework and will leave a scant legislative legacy."
Text from article: "And so Israel did not enact a Constitution, giving its unicameral parliament nearly complete control over its government. Israel does have a Supreme Court, which was in place before Israel declared independence. But without a Constitution, the Court’s power is more tenuous than in America. In fact, as Israel’s government has become increasingly right-wing, it has sought to constrain judicial power, sparking huge divisions among the Israeli electorate. The ruling coalition has backed away from some of its more incendiary proposals, such as trying to give the Knesset the power to overturn judicial rulings but just last year the Knesset passed legislation giving its political appointees increased power to control who is on the Supreme Court. "
Text from article: In the DSA view, the Constitution’s diffusion of power is “anti-democratic” and an inherent obstacle to a “democratic society of the working class.” America’s “political and economic system [is] built on private ownership and profit at all costs,” and DSA warns that “as capitalism fails to solve problems of its own making, it turns to right-wing authoritarianism.” But what DSA fails to recognize is that the Constitution’s diffusion of power is what has prevented Donald Trump and his MAGA minions from permanently installing right-wing authoritarianism. Even though Trump has pushed the Supreme Court far to the right, the Court’s inherent independence has stopped Trump from unleashing the military on cities and abrogating birthright citizenship. While the Republican Congress has been largely supine to Trump, the Senate—during both of Trump’s terms—has resisted presidential pressure to junk the filibuster. This time around, by refusing Trump’s demands the Senate has stymied his beloved voter suppression bill. In other words, because of the legislative branch’s independence, we do not have a presidential takeover of the electoral apparatus that would spell the end of democracy.
Post without an author talking about how going digital will never "hit the same" as using a DVD or Blu-ray
Atlantic article calling the DSA authoritarians
"Harris' comments on Tuesday marked her harshest rebuke of the unfounded claims about Springfield's Haitian migrants. Despite being asked multiple times by reporters about them, Harris had previously declined to comment."
Movie poster for film "Becky (2020)"
Reply from @redloribrighteyes saying: "Seeing as how you have not replied to ANY of my comments and only to the people replying to you leaves me to wonder a lot of things about you and none of them are good"
Screenshot of Bluesky trending section with Trans Day of Visibility listed twice
Post from @kibblesmith.com that states AI is collapsing
Screenshot of bsky post: "Let me put it more clearly: you know what's goin on in Russia, right? Do you think it would help the country if the next president they got was Putin lite? You know, maybe no invasions, but still no freedom of speech, fuck off if you're queer? Because that's what you're advocating for"
Logan Wayne from Amalgam comics universe
post from Eoin Higgins reposting David Klion where he mentions that the reason Bluesky will never be popular is because of a harassment campaign here against Gaby Del Valle
Picture of Luraco i9 Medical Massage Chair
Picture from Zeteo article showing Substack subscription.
Text from Congress.gov: "A senator who introduces a bill or resolution in the Senate is called its sponsor."
S.1655 Medicare for All Act introduced into Congress 05/17/2023 by Bernie Sanders
Axios headline reads: "Chicago Tribune among newspapers that won't endorse for president"
screenshot of text from article saying "Making statements that wish pain and suffering on anyone, when those statements are directly related to one's practice, is an ethical red line we should not cross," Uthmeier posted on social media
screenshot of skeet from @mdgbrkr.bsky.social that says "I don't care about Don Lemon. I want the EPSTEIN FILES!!!"
Text is a quote from linked article that says "a woman is a biological woman" credited to Keir Starmer's official spokesman in a statement after trans ruling in the UK
Text that reads "The Canadian government therefore welcomes the opportunity for freedom, democracy, peace, and prosperity for the Venezuelan people" from the official government response of Canada to the illegal attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of Maduro
Yes votes on HR4371 from 7 Democrats
Picture of Vincke's statement on using AI and his follow up tweet about it.
Cover for Christopher Pike's novel "Monster"
12th amendment of the US Constitution with the final line highlighted stating: "But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of the President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States."
Album cover for Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
Paragraph from Sam Altman blog saying that the average ChatGPT query uses 0.34 watt-hours
Bluesky post from @planetoffinks.bsky.social that says, "Every person who says "of course there are some uses for LLMs" should be forced to immediately list what those uses are, taking into account that: a) they cannot be accurate and there is no way to make them accurate b) they have been repeatedly shown to make users dumber and worse at their jobs"
Screenshot showing my Bluesky block by @muellershewrote.com
Photo of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce with MAGA fucks Taylor Lewan and Will Compton
Screenshot from the author of the dumb Mamdani article showing the headline of another article he wrote in 2023 titled, "Why we must stand with Israel"
Mockery of the Trump admin's "She is the Moment" post about coal with a picture of an ancient old cell phone instead of a lump of coal
Text that reads: "Booker withdrew his objection and the legislation ultimately passed, but he made his point."
Text that says: "The bottom line: Booker withdrew his objection and the legislation ultimately passed, but he made his point."
Picture of bluesky posts from user @teeklin.bsky.social that says "Hollywood needs to make a Wolfenstein show like, immediately"
Picture of a gallup poll asking about how much Washington should spend on the military with "too little" at 29%, "about right" at 33%, and "too much" at 35%
Excerpt from The German Ideology Part One by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels 1845 from the section "Ruling Class and Ruling Ideas"
Photo of IDF soldier wearing a "1 Shot 2 Kills" t-shirt with a pregnant Palestinian woman in sniper crosshairs
Picture of a fountain depicting Diana of Ephesus with dozens of breasts
Ella Whelan headline saying "A Kevin Spacey Update, the Sexual Harassment Feeding Frenzy, and A Guide to Sexual Harassers in the Workplace" with the first line saying "Kevin Spacey, it is now fair to say, has been a habitual sexual harasser."
text screenshot that says "Our report reveals the true extent of Israel's apartheid regime." from Agnes Callamard, Amnesty International's Secretary General