Starlight Speedster

Starlight's the name, speed's my game! I draw every now and then, and am aspiring to become a writer.

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Mane 6 by Nnalyart

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Character Strength is Not the Same as Writing Quality

I am reading the One Piece manga. I am having fun, although I have noticing an issue I always had with the online shonen battle manga community: equating character strength with writing quality. This is bad because it discredits the weaker characters that still contribute in their own ways.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MemePiece/comments/1ldjn85/comment/my9cfyk/

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It's my 7 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳 (Technically, it was on July 29, but I forgot to post it then, so I am doing it now.)

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2024 Democratic Nonvoters Were More Moderate

https://old.reddit.com/r/moderatepolitics/comments/1ma0wee/democrats_get_lowest_rating_from_voters_in_35/n5b8i5d/

The myth that could cost Democrats the next election

Progressives staying home (almost certainly) didn’t cost Kamala Harris the election.

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This happens too often.

[miijiu]

⛺️camping

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Here is some interesting polling data I found.

https://harvardharrispoll.com/press-release-march-2025/

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https://x.com/Mark_J_Perry/status/1905688412105179439

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More Proof That Reddit is a Left-Wing Echo Chamber

99 percent of the top 100 posts from September 12-21, 2024, were left-leaning, yet the American right-wing won the popular vote, every swing state, and both chambers of Congress. Reddit is that detached from reality.

Reddit’s American Political Left-Wing Bias: A Study of the Top 100 Posts from September 12-21, 2024 - International Journal of Research and

Political Science

For comparison, despite what leftists will claim, Twitter/X was the most ideologically balanced platform last year. No social media will perfectly reflect real life, but Twitter/X still does a much better job at that than Reddit does.

Data source: https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/fact-sheet/social-media-and-news-fact-sheet/

Of course, the best way to avoid echo chambers is to use less social media and touch grass. :P

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I Never Want to Hear the Words "Wasted Potential" Again

https://www.reddit.com/r/CharacterRant/comments/hq2vdo/comment/fxvicpz/

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Pretty much. The Democratic party is unfortunately now a parody of itself. https://www.reddit.com/r/nytimes/comments/1gyrzmw/comment/lyss7b1/

Receipts for anyone who might not believe me.

2020 DNC candidates called for decriminalizing border crossings: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/most-democrats-promise-to-decriminalize-border-crossings-during-2020-debate

Washington Post: "For this Latino family, voting for Trump was part of preserving their American Dream": https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/19/trump-latino-vote-immigrants/

"SF School Board votes to end merit-based admission at Lowell High, move school into lottery system": https://abc7news.com/sfusd-board-of-education-meeting-school-lowell-high-sf/10325219/

ACLU: "[The] criminal legal system [is] rooted in white supremacy and racism." https://www.aclu.org/news/racial-justice/the-democratic-platform-heads-in-right-direction-on-criminal-justice-but-still-misses-the-moment

"Democrats’ fight against hate crimes vanishes in the face of antisemitism": https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/4671152-democrats-fight-against-hate-crimes-vanishes-in-the-face-of-antisemitism/

"Even as Democrats rebuked Representative Seth Moulton of Massachusetts for saying he didn’t want his daughters “getting run over” by “formerly male” athletes, he defended his remarks.": https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/16/us/politics/democrats-transgender-rights-moulton.html

"Many see Trump as their paladin and view Biden and the Democrats as privileging the interests and preferences of their supporters, especially educated elites, in a distinctly non-democratic way.": https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/no-democracy-is-not-on-the-ballot

"[O]n threats to democracy, Trump negligibly beat out Harris 50% to 49%.": https://www.thirdway.org/memo/what-voters-told-democrats-in-2024

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Perfectly reasonable take on the role of journalists, so of course r/neoliberal downvotes it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/neoliberal/comments/1it7pw1/comment/mdmkf0z/

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Political discussions should be about policy, action, and impact.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskConservatives/comments/1ih2dkw/comment/matlrzm/

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The current administration's trade policies are still stupid.

https://www.reddit.com/r/centrist/comments/1ih163y/comment/matv9qx/

https://www.reddit.com/r/centrist/comments/1igt8ys/comment/marfz2f/

https://www.reddit.com/r/centrist/comments/1igt8ys/comment/marfiti/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskConservatives/comments/1ih2dkw/comment/matpmsh/

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What is going on with the moderators at r/neoliberal? Lately, it seems like they have been needlessly draconian with their moderation.

https://www.reddit.com/r/neoliberal/comments/1igfc63/the_democrats_show_why_they_lost_at_a_meeting_of/

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r/neoliberal has become a shell of itself

https://old.reddit.com/r/neoliberal/comments/yxtt4y/the_ny_times_is_its_own_meme/iwrclv9/

https://old.reddit.com/r/neoliberal/comments/1fdi487/sanewashing_and_the_damage_done/lmgqj7z/

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Here is a good article that explains what I mean: Trump's support is not because of "sanewashing" by news media, but more likely because his supporters don't care (maybe they even enjoy it, to some degree).

Trump Has Not Been ‘Sane-Washed’

The news media doesn’t routinely protect his image, and it never has.

Edit: Yeah, Trump's appeal is definitely because of his insanity, not in spite of it. Sam Harris is dead on the money.