2026-01-12 01:14:47
Niners defeat defending champs for NFC wild-card win https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47582755/san-francisco-49ers-philadelphia-eagles-nfc-wild-card-nfl-playoffs
Niners defeat defending champs for NFC wild-card win https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47582755/san-francisco-49ers-philadelphia-eagles-nfc-wild-card-nfl-playoffs
RE: https://mastodon.de/@ErikUden/116182697654854055
The terrorist organizations we back and build in order to defeat the terrorist organizations we backed and built, exist not to defeat any enemy, but for the war to be continuous, for the expansion to be jus…
In major twist, ex-Overstock CEO tells judge he's a 'whistleblower' with 'audio tapes' that can defeat Hunter Biden's defamation lawsuit in front of jury | Law & Crime
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/in-major-twist-ex-overstock-ceo-tells-judge-hes-a-whistleblower-with-audio-tapes-that-can-defeat-hunter-bidens-defamation-lawsuit-in-front-of-jury/
Raiders coach Pete Carroll addresses media after Raiders defeat Chiefs — WATCH LIVE https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/raiders-coach-pete-carroll-addresses-media-after-raiders-defeat-chiefs-watch-live…
Herbert takes blame for Chargers' latest ouster https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47587240/herbert-admits-good-enough-chargers-loss
There are now just two days until the special election in Georgia to fill the seat vacated by Marjorie Taylor Greene.
20 Republicans are running.
One Democrat is running.
I'm that Democrat.
This is how we win.
This is how we take back the House and put a check on Trump's rampage against our Democracy.
I'm Shawn Harris. I'm a Democrat, Husband, Father, Retired Brigadier General, Farmer, and I'm running to represent Northwest Georgia…
Portugal has made a clear choice for a center-left president instead of a far-right one, probably by around 70-30.
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/02/08/centre-left-antonio-jose-seguro-beats-far-ri…
Bears roar back for first playoff win in 15 years https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47577556/caleb-williams-orchestrates-comeback-bears-outlast-packers
#ListeningClub We were so close to having permanent daylight savings time in California so of course we had to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
There are now just three days until the special election in Georgia to fill the seat vacated by Marjorie Taylor Greene.
20 Republicans are running.
One Democrat is running.
I'm that Democrat.
This is how we win.
This is how we take back the House and put a check on Trump's rampage against our Democracy.
I'm Shawn Harris. I'm a Democrat, Husband, Father, Retired Brigadier General, Farmer, and I'm running to represent Northwest Georg…
PUTIN has been given an ultimatum! DEFEAT of Russian special services and frontline "SURPRISES": https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/02/putin-has-been-given-an.html
I still see a case for organizations staying on twitter.
Twitters still has the people and I have not loved the information vacuum that has happened as the most moral account leave the platform.
I also wish more of those accounts would use the tools of their enemy to defeat them. Just as youtubers remind their audience to follow them on patreon or twitch (where the money is) accounts on twitter that feel the need to stay need to tell their followers to also follow them else ware…
Cassidy took on RFK Jr. over vaccines. Now Kennedy's followers are out to defeat him. (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/02/cassidy-questioned-rfk-jr-now-kennedys-followers-are-out-to-get-him-00758725
http://www.memeorandum.com/260202/p23#a260202p23
@axbom@axbom.meIn hindsight, this January 13 announcement was significant:
«The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln CVN 72 conducted a live fire Close In Weapon System exercise on 8 January 2026, according to information published by the U.S. Department of War. The drill confirmed the carrier’s ability to defeat close-range aerial and surface threats while operating in a strategically sensitive region.»
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sšnchez’s embattled Socialists
suffered a heavy defeat in Sunday’s regional election in Extremadura,
slumping to their worst-ever result
as the far-right Vox made strong gains,
dealing another blow to the party amid mounting corruption and misconduct allegations.
Alfred, Gunthrum & Danelaw The making of England. Dr Toby Purser, University of Northampton takes us on a tour of the Viking invasion of England. FREE Zoom talk https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/fostp 25 Mar 2026, 19.30 GMT. No Guthrum, no Alfred, no Alfred, no England ….
As salty as I am about it, there's also another way to think about this. For anyone who still has connections to folks on the right (which is perhaps unlikely for anyone on this server, I digress), the cult that has consumed them thrives on isolation and grievance.
The words "you were right" have the potential to cut through the programming and open up an opportunity for reconnection. The modern conspiratorial cult of the Right has been built partially around people who were told they were wrong or were crazy. In the vast majority of cases, they were wrong and even when they were right they completely misunderstood why, but we'll skip that for now. Liberals making fun of them (even the times when they definitely earned it) has pushed them further and further into their ideological hole.
The thing about those words, "you were right," in this context is that the way they offer reconnection also requires them to take one little step of betraying their ideology to accept them. So they must choose between maintaining allegiance to a pedophile or finally getting to feel superior after years of living in an illusion of persecution.
Under the ideology of the Right, admitting one is wrong is a weakness. It is admitting defeat. They have to "own the libs" by saying things, things that they know aren't true, in order to feel dominant. But these things are often so absurd that they end up being made fun of, feeling even more weak and pathetic, reinforcing their fear and alienation.
Offering what they're looking for can offer a way out, but only if they're willing to start to recognize the thing they've supported for what it is.
And they were right about some things. They were right that Bill Gates was a terrible person. I've had plenty of liberals defend him based on his philanthropy washing, but he's awful and always has been. The Epstein links make that blatant. They intuitively recognized him and didn't trust him, even if they were wildly off base about *how and why* he shouldn't be trusted... Even if their correct mistrust was leveraged into one of the most destructive conspiracy theories ever (vaccine denial and COVID vaccine avoidance).
They were right about Bill Clinton. He was always shady as fuck. Sure, the people who attacked him at the time turned out to be even more shady but that's not the point right now. He was connected to Epstein and that was always creepy as fuck.
And the Epstein thing was an open secret that liberals ignored for a long time. It was seen as some weird thing that right wing nutjobs believed about the Clintons. But it was true. Not all of it, and there has always been an antisemitic element to the right wing interpretation or Epstein stuff, but his whole pedophile conspiracy was always kind of real.
The whole "Illuminati"/deep state thing is a vast oversimplification, an attempt to make comprehensible an incredibly complex set of interlocking and emergent behaviors. But Epstein did very much want to remake the world, to create a new world order, and he absolutely played a part in it.
The Right wing nutjobs talked about global authoritarianism, Blackhawks flying over American cities, masked men with guns disarming and executing legal gun owners in the streets. That's all happening right now.
The "FEMA concentration camps" are not actually that far off. ICE and FEMA are sister agencies, both under DHS. I'd be more than happy to call that one "close enough" in order to hear some MAGA admit that ICE is, in fact, building concentration camps.
There was always a huge millennialist element to these things. They tended to be connected to "the antichrist." It was absurd, especially for me as someone who no longer identifies as a Christian. But I'll even acquiess that to a degree. The "the number of the Beast" is 666. That's just the sum of the Hebrew spelling of "Nero." Revelations focuses a lot on Nero coming back to life after his death. His death that involved a head wound, thus the line from Revelation 13:3:
> And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast.
The parallels between Trump and Nero are easy to draw, and Trump's ear wound feels pretty on-the-nose for this. I don't believe in "prophecy" in this way. I think that there are patterns, and useful patterns can become encoded in beleif systems. But I will, again, happily call this one "close enough" for anyone on that side willing to also acknowledge it. I'm happy to meet on that common ground, because anyone who accepts it must recognize that their duty is to fight against it.
A lot of these correct nuggets are embedded in a framework of religious extremism and antisemitism. The vast majority of the beliefs holding these together are wildly wrong and incredibly toxic. But by giving some room to feel validated, listened to, understood, can give some room to admit things that were wrong.
Cult de-programming starts with an opening. People have to talk through their own thoughts, hear their own inconsistencies. Guiding questions can help them untangle these things for themselves. And it all starts by having enough room to feel safe, to not feel cornered, to not feel stupid. Admitting mistakes means being vulnerable, and the MAGA cult is built on fear. It's built on exploiting vulnerability and locking it away.
De-programming takes a long time. It's not easy. It takes patience. But every person who comes out does so with a powerful perspective, a deep understanding, that can be turned back against it. The best people at getting people out of cults are former members. Some of the most dedicated antifa are former fascists who understood their mistakes and dedicate their lives to fixing them.
One thing that grinds my gears about both SA and DISCO are that they don't fully engage with their premises, despite leaning on old, reasonably well-trodden foundations for them. "here, have some therapy" but no engagement with _why_ or what's going on. Show the audience why! Show how it works! But no we just skip to "adding therapy makes everything better" and that's not just bad storytelling, that's not how therapy works.
Repeat for all the other soft elements of the show. Interpersonal dynamics are all summed up, in ways that defeat the very premises they're trying to show.
I fully blame the run time for a lot of this. But geez.
An electrode-based #Neuralink #Blindsight brain implant in visual cortex will not scale to large numbers of blind patients nor to normal-like vision beyond showing a few rough edges
"DEFEAT FASCISM BY..."
*checks notes*
"VOTING FOR FASCISTS!"
#LiberalLogic #UKLabour #USDemocrats
Being mooned by Venus Victrix might be an upside of defeat...
#BumDayMonday
#GreekRomanArt #Venus
"Denman Rooke has been selected as the People Before Profit candidate to contest the by-election in Galway West.
He is a long-time activist campaigning on issues of worker’s rights, trade unions, anti-racism, climate action, cost of living, and housing."
https://www.
In defense of #hercules1985 this movie did contain a life-changing fragment of dialog come-back quip I shall use henceforth:
Minos: One must accept inevitable defeat.
Urania: I can only accept it as a challenge, Minos.
Right on, #Monsterdon 😊
#motivationalaffirmations
s'pose i best post this, you know what the media is like
https://www.tasnimnews.ir/en/news/2026/01/23/3499514/irgc-10-hostile-spy-agencies-involved-in-recent-terrorist-riots-in-iran
What's next for Rams after NFC Championship defeat? Matthew Stafford decision, potential staff losses loom
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/whats-next-for-ra…
Under Pope Leo XIV, American Catholics Are Uniting to Defeat MAGA Authoritarianism (Christopher Hale/Letters from Leo)
https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/under-pope-leo-xiv-american-catholics
http://www.memeorandum.com/260131/p65#a260131p65
I will not vote for Gavin Newsom. Just like I refused to vote for Eric Adams.
I voted for Kamala Harris, despite her veering to the right during her campaign. But there are lines that I will not cross, and voting for Newsom is one of them.
If the Dems end up picking Newsom, that's them snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
115 battles per day: UKRAINIAN General Staff reveals details of strategic defeat of occupiers!: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/26/battles-per-day-ukrainian-general.html
Good analysis from april 2024 by Ian Bond, still valid, "Does it matter if Ukraine loses?"
https://www.cer.eu/publications/archive/policy-brief/2024/does-it-matter-if-ukraine-loses
I'm a proud financial supporter of Ukraine's war efforts through the #NAFO initiative. The badge I received is just perfect. I hope Jake Broe keeps on hitting the Bingo. Stay strong, defend democracy, protect Europe, slava ukraini!
What's next for Broncos after AFC Championship defeat? Bo Nix recovery and hunt for RB take center stage
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/whats-next-for-broncos-after-afc-…
Lemme get this straight: the man who led the Liberals—#Australia's more conservative major party, natch—to the worst defeat in its 60 year history wants to legally suppress the internal inquiry into its risible electoral performance because… it may suggest he was in some part responsible?
And not, say, the mythical Communist fifth column the snowflake Right routinely blames for its poor s…
It’s that: sexuality is growing and becoming more conversant, racing through the countryside, catching at dreams, celebrating triumphs, dealing with the agony of monetary-impacted defeat #HeatedRivalry #HeatedMerrily (or
🔥Dems win special election in Texas, narrowing Republicans majority.
⭐️Friends, there are now just 37 days until the special election in Georgia to fill the seat vacated by Marjorie Taylor Greene.
20 Republicans are running.
One Democrat is running.
I’m that Democrat.
This is how we win.
This is how we take back the House -- and put a check on Trump's rampage against our Democracy.
I’m Shawn Harris.
I’m a Democrat. Husband. Father. Reti…
Dutch far-right leader Wilders is losing ground. After his failed government coalition, followed by an election defeat for his PVV (going from 37 seats in 2023 to 26 in 2025), 7 out of his 26 MPs are now jumping ship. That leaves 19, half the number of 2.5 years ago.
https://nos.nl…
"“President Trump owes the Supreme Court an apology — to the individual Justices he smeared on Friday and the institution itself,” WSJ reported. “Mr. Trump doubtless won’t offer one, but his rant in response to his tariff defeat at the Court was arguably the worst moment of his Presidency.”"
WSJ demands 'ugly' Trump apologize to the Supreme Court - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/donald-trump-supreme-court-tariffs/
"A high acuity is trivially obtained at the expense of field of view through suitable enlarging optics, so whenever a high acuity is claimed for a visual prosthesis one must also check if the corresponding field of view is better than tunnel vision." https://www.artificialvision.com/neuralink
The key to defeating Trump? Mass non-cooperation (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/15/defeat-trump-mass-non-cooperation
http://www.memeorandum.com/260215/p32#a260215p32
The rightwing populist
Laura Fernšndez
has won Costa Rica’s presidential election in a landslide
after promising to crack down on rising violence linked to the cocaine trade.
Fernšndez’s nearest rival, centre-right economist Álvaro Ramos,
conceded defeat as results showed the ruling party far exceeding the threshold of 40% needed to avoid a runoff.
With 94% of polling stations counted, the political heir of
outgoing president, Rodrigo Chaves,
h…
"We can fight for years": Ukrainian General DOESN'T BELIEVE IN Ukraine's DEFEAT!: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/20/ampquotwe-can-fight-for-yearsampquot.html
Brock Purdy believes 49ers can still win Super Bowl in near future after lopsided Divisional Round defeat https://www.nfl.com/news/brock-purdy-believes-49ers-can-still-win-super-bowl-in-near-future-after-lopsided-di…
Have a joyful #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! 🍇
"The Egyptians say that Demeter [Isis] and Dionysos [Osiris] are the rulers of the lower world. The Egyptians were the first who maintained the following doctrine, too, that the human soul is immortal, and at the death of the body enters into some other living thing then coming to birth"
Herodotus, Histories 2.12…
ICE has posted a video of Santa Claus arresting immigrants.
Your government is hijacking a symbol of charity to spread fear and hate.
It’s up to all of us to defeat these twisted fascists.
https://bsky.app/profile/markjacob.bsky.social/post/3mamgebkzuk2r
Trump's tariff defeat, briefly explained (Cameron Peters/Vox)
https://www.vox.com/the-logoff-newsletter-trump/479948/trump-tariffs-illegal-supreme-court-ieepa-briefly-explained
http://www.memeorandum.com/260220/p96#a260220p96
When Twitter burns, the community rises. 🐘 Mastodon forever!
#Fediverse #Mastodon #Pixelfed #Twitter
MOSCOW UNDER DRONE ATTACK! Russia suffers MAJOR DEFEAT in KUPIANSK: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/20/moscow-under-drone-attack-russia.html
Raiders Get Blunt Fernando Mendoza Take After Loss to Giants https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/blunt-fernando-mendoza-take-loss-giants/
While Elon Musk is pushing hard to get the Neuralink Blindsight brain implant out, The vOICe vision BCI can grow organically, no matter how long it takes https://www.artificialvision.com/neuralink.htm Applied psychohistory
Dak Prescott on Cowboys Being on Brink of Elimination: 'You Can't Just Give Up' https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/dak-prescott-cowboys-being-brink-elimination-you-cant-just-give-up
Evidence that AI is normal technology include AI systems that are good enough to be useful but not good enough to be trusted, continuing to require human oversight that limits productivity gains;
prompt injection and security vulnerabilities remain unsolved, constraining what agents can be trusted to do;
domain complexity continues to defeat generalization, and what works in coding doesn’t transfer to medicine, law, science;
regulatory and liability barriers prove high enou…
Raiders report card: One aspect shines while all others fail https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/raiders-report-card-one-aspect-shines-while-all-others-fail-3601018/
Falcons-Rams takeaways: Bijan Robinson's career night leads Atlanta to upset victory https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6928052/2025/12/30/falcons-rams-score-result-takeaways-mnf/
Matthew Stafford's 3-INT night sinks Rams in loss to Falcons https://www.nfl.com/news/matthew-stafford-s-3-int-night-sinks-rams-in-loss-to-falcons
Bears defense 'let the offense down' in SNF thriller https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47441802/bears-defense-let-offense-snf-loss-49ers
Week 16 all but guarantees the Raiders will have a shot at drafting QB https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2025/12/22/week-16-all-but-guarantees-the-raiders-will-have-a-sh…
Pete Buttigieg and Robert Reich have highlighted our plan to
✅ defeat Citizens United:
“Interesting things are happening across the country…
Montana is trying to address this through attention to what a corporation can and can’t do,
because that’s actually decided at the state level.
So instead of working it at the ‘speech’ side of the equation,
💥they’re working at the
‘what is a corporation’ side of the equation.” --Secretary
Sean Payton regrets fourth-down decision in Broncos' AFC Championship game loss to Patriots
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/broncos-vs-patriots-sean-payton-fourth…
Raiders report card: Grades are team’s best in some time https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/raiders-report-card-grades-are-teams-best-in-some-time-3598678/
Dak Prescott looks to play in Week 18, finish Cowboys' season with 'pride,' .500 record https://www.nfl.com/news/dak-prescott-play-week-18-cowboys-2025-season-500-record
Chargers' Justin Herbert continues 'to think about' playoff flop vs. Texans with rematch on tap Saturday https://www.nfl.com/news/chargers-justin-herbert-continues-to-think-about-playoff-flop-vs-texans-with-r…
Bills, Chargers, Jaguars clinch playoff berths thanks to Colts' loss https://www.nfl.com/news/bills-chargers-jaguars-clinch-playoff-berths-thanks-to-colts-loss
Nick Sirianni Reveals Blunt Reason for Eagles’ Win Over Raiders https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/nick-sirianni-blunt-reason-eagles-win/
Los Angeles Rams prevail in divisional round win over Chicago Bears https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47652705/los-angeles-rams-prevail-divisional-round-win-chicago-bears
Raiders report card: Another offensive disaster in shutout loss https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/raiders-report-card-another-offensive-disaster-in-shutout-loss-3595512/
Bears' loud, wild, magical season ends in heartbreak and silence https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6982266/2026/01/19/bears-rams-nfl-playoffs-heartbreaking-loss/
Future still 'really bright' for depleted 49ers https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47648369/proud-san-francisco-49ers-quickly-turn-page-next-season
Cowboys' once-bright outlook dims with latest loss https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47311668/cowboys-see-playoff-hopes-all-vanish-loss-vikings
Bills' Josh Allen laments playoff loss to Broncos: 'Feel like I let my teammates down tonight' https://www.nfl.com/news/bills-josh-allen-laments-playoff-loss-broncos-let-my-teammates-down
A Chiefs dynasty on pause, and the inspirational Philip Rivers: Pick Six https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6885745/2025/12/15/patrick-mahomes-injury-chiefs-philip-rivers-pick-six/
Eagles announce Kevin Patullo will no longer be offensive coordinator https://www.nfl.com/news/eagles-announce-kevin-patullo-will-no-longer-be-offensive-coordinator