Notices by Shoq (shoq@mastodon.social)

We just keep following the words and ideas of the least capable among us. That really worries me. Maybe that’s always been society’s worst instinct, but I can’t help thinking that we’ve stopped innovating, and stopped progressing because the worst of us are now driving the bus, and capitalist commercial drivel has compelled too many to think that the fantasy drivel of the Marvel universe is real life. Will anyone remember or care about Shakespeare, Descarte, Baldwin, Dickenson, Mann, Twain, …

Again, if this were all a movie, you’d walk right out, disgusted by the sheer idiocy of it all. But here we are. Here the fuck we are.

https://mastodon.social/@memeorandum@universeodon.com/114507510467973533

They have simply applied Joey Overton’s window to economics. You push so far to one side that the previous extreme seems more acceptable.

https://www.threads.com/@msignorile/post/DJjdWssuHz_

The Right is now gaming Threads the same way they did Twitter. They plant tropes and narratives meant to incense and divide liberals.

I use all four major platforms. The only place people seem consistently smart, engaged, and CIVIL, is Mastodon. Bluesky is next.

https://twitter.com/Shoq/status/1919122926361620595

Trump’s Tariffs Are Already Reducing Car Imports and Idling Factories - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/business/trump-tariffs-cars-auto-industry.html

Seriously, MAGA America, what the fuck did you expect to happen when you voted for someone as utterly unqualified as Donald Trump? Don’t bother blaming him. It’s all on you dipshits. All of it. Fuck you.

Any questions?

Fearing Retribution, Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves (Paywall free).

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/us/politics/trump-democracy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2E4.aEy9.alyZm7r9F0h8&smid=url-share

Huh, who saw this coming?

Kremlin Says U.S. Foreign Policy Shift Aligns With Its Own Vision - The Moscow Times

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/02/kremlin-says-us-foreign-policy-shift-aligns-with-its-own-vision-a88217

A picture is worth a thousand turds.

That White House farce was simply the most embarrassing and humiliating thing I’ve ever seen. I’m not just ashamed to be an American right now, I’m ashamed to be a human being in the same universe as Donald Fucking Trump.

#IStandWithUkraine
#RebellionIsNotRevolution

Does anyone still doubt that both Donald Trump and JD Vance are Russian assets? If so, see a doctor immediately. You could have a terminal brain disorder—or just be stupid.

You may have heard about it. It’s a whole different experience to read it first-hand.

This White House memo was sent to all Cleveland Clinic employees last week. As a Federal contractor (they said), they were required to distribute to all 85,000+ employees worldwide.

Sorry about the quality. It was the only copy available. It’s readable.

BREAKING/@NBC

In a live press conference with UK’s PM, Trump asked why he thinks foreign governments would pay his tariffs, and he sets a new standard for total incoherence. And will the journalist ask a follow-up? Of course not.

What a shock. Musk gives himself a contract to fix what he broke. We are such hapless suckers. This country is just a humiliating place to live now.

A SpaceX team is being brought in to overhaul FAA’s air traffic control system | The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/news/614078/faa-air-traffic-control-spacex-elon-musk-layoff-staff-shortage

Face it, folks. Our media problem is as bad as our MAGA problem. And they are both so tightly coupled, we may not be able to solve either one of them without something really bad happening that somehow catalyzes a solution. The total collapse of the United States, for example.

https://mastodon.social/@User47@vmst.io/114020924808039925

Consistently, Canadians seem better able to observe and comment on our Trump crisis better than American journalists and pundits seem capable of.

Opinion: Donald Trump has restored McCarthyism to America

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-donald-trump-has-restored-mccarthyism-to-america/?intcmp=gift_share

Serious question: Since the FBI won’t be listening in to Tulsi Gabbard’s phone calls with our enemies, just how is the Pentagon going to feel about discussing our readiness and systems with her? I cannot understand why Democrats are not shutting down the govt over this issue alone? I feel we’re all being betrayed in real time, and just waiting for it all to go sideways. It’s fucking bizarre.

Russia is referring to Gabbard as “Our girl?” This just isn’t real. We live in some kind of matrix simulation, but the programmer has been living on Twinkies, Coke and LSD. We are very, very fucked. #DisruptTheCoup