Maybe the best series of all time. I spent my 20s & 30s not owning televisions and denying my inner nerdy TV geek only to discover treasures like SG-1. Also, beautifully subversive, clever, sneaky, and smart. Plus, P90s.
Chris Abraham
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Youngins & Old Dogs have COMPLETELY different definitions of what Fascism & Nationalism mean.
Jubilee Lib has no idea what Fascism means… youtube.com/watch
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Totally NOT strict border control with identity checks to make sure drivers belong in that community.
Minneapolis roadblock created as safety measure against ICE, residents say youtube.com/watch
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On Paternalistic Racism
In social theory, paternalistic racism describes a pattern where individuals or institutions act to “protect” marginalized groups in ways that unintentionally reduce agency, complexity, or self-determination. Unlike overt prejudice, this framework is often motivated by empathy, …
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Paternalistic racism describes well-intentioned efforts to “protect” marginalized groups that unintentionally deny agency. When advocacy replaces listening or assumes vulnerability without consent, it can reinforce hierarchy. Good intentions still deserve reflection.
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Restraint & Mercy aren't Givens
I don’t believe “should” is a safety system. It’s a story people tell themselves to feel protected in environments that don’t care about intent or righteousness. Victimhood doesn’t erase agency. People make constrained choices under pressure, but those choices still shape risk. …
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‘Should’ doesn’t reduce risk. Victimhood doesn’t negate agency. Dangerous environments reward vigilance, not moral entitlement. Assuming mercy—from strangers, crowds, or police—is a gamble. Law exists after the fact; in the moment, power and escalation rule.
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I mostly still love you, The New Yorker.
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My favorite LongFast Meshtastic interaction thus far…
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“Stop asking her if she knows stuff” :)
Play Date - SNL youtube.com/watch
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Funny skit or Democrat prayer?
Mom Confession - SNL youtube.com/watch
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Living through today—with total visibility and narrative warfare—has made all inherited history feel suspect. If this is how events feel in real time, then how much of WWII, the ’60s, or even America’s founding is lived truth versus story shaped to survive power?
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Was everything a lie? Maybe. Probably.
I was born in 1970. I didn’t live through the ’30s or ’40s, and I was too young to meaningfully experience the ’60s and ’70s as they happened. Everything I “know” about those eras came secondhand—school, parents, movies, television, books, documentaries, and later, prestige …
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Laws always eventually bite the hand that fed it
When societies respond to conflict by over-legislating, it’s important to remember that law is a two-sided blade. Statutes created to restrain one group or behavior do not permanently belong to their original target. As political and social power shifts, the same legal tools …
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The First Amendment protects speech, not conduct. Civil-rights and hate-crime laws target actions like intimidation, obstruction, or interference with rights. These laws are facially neutral. Protections created for one group can later be applied to others. Law is not ideological.
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I asked someone on my own post, ‘So are you calling Alex Pretti a vigilante?’ and Facebook instantly hit me with a temporary comment restriction until Feb 5 at 4:42 PM ET (16:42). Haven’t seen that since the COVID era. Interesting timing.
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Is it revolutionary fervor or radical chic?
Radical Chic complicates any serious attempt to assess whether America is approaching genuine collapse or merely experiencing a period of heightened rhetorical extremism. When revolutionary language is expressed most loudly by people whose material security, social status, and …
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Radical Chic makes it hard to tell whether today’s constant revolutionary language is genuine or performative. When elites speak casually about collapse and upheaval without bearing risk, skepticism is rational. The question isn’t mockery—it’s whether this is signaling or a real warning.
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Happy icy morning from Arlington Heights with a sunrise view over a frozen ANCC