Writer/Organizer/Hopemonger. Read The White Pages (please) (https://thewhitepages.net). From Montana/now in Milwaukee. "We put on ZZ Top and turned it up, real loud"https://bsky.app/profile/garrettbucks.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/garrettbucks.bsky.social/post/3mtypxrxwxc2zIt’s such a perfect time capsule of this cultural-political moment, both in that it has inspired far more discourse than earnest engagement, and because it lies directly to your face, repeatedly and unconvincingly, for no apparent reason. https://thewhitepages.net/p/send-help-my-family-and-i-are-the26 Aug 2026 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:4ugnhh7vesouhh25qldmatvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtypxrxwxc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/garrettbucks.bsky.social/post/3mtjipu7fss24The case for state fair socialism https://thewhitepages.net/p/state-fairs-forever-data-centers20 Aug 2026 14:52 +0000at://did:plc:4ugnhh7vesouhh25qldmatvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjipu7fss24https://bsky.app/profile/garrettbucks.bsky.social/post/3mtiay43frs2kLove not looking at my wife in our vanity documentary while she stares at me as if I just came home from war.20 Aug 2026 03:01 +0000at://did:plc:4ugnhh7vesouhh25qldmatvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtiay43frs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/garrettbucks.bsky.social/post/3mthgciux6k2uOur long national nightmare (not getting to see Sean Duffy's road trip) is over. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Aug 2026 19:04 +0000at://did:plc:4ugnhh7vesouhh25qldmatvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthgciux6k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/garrettbucks.bsky.social/post/3mthbwe5f2s2k"I know full well that my beliefs make me a corny weirdo.... But also, consider the many historical movements that were also deemed insane in their time. Surely we lose something when we tamp down our imagination based on opinion polls." https://thewhitepages.net/p/they-will-call-you-crazyyyy19 Aug 2026 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:4ugnhh7vesouhh25qldmatvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthbwe5f2s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/garrettbucks.bsky.social/post/3mth7e7v36c2bCORN FEST IS COMING TO THE RACINE FARMERS MARKET! [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Aug 2026 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:4ugnhh7vesouhh25qldmatvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mth7e7v36c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/garrettbucks.bsky.social/post/3mth754sfxs2bA really cool thing right now is that you can just lie to people and be like "it was a social experiment" and then you're like, "what did that experiment prove, that you can lie?" and they're like "really made you think, didn't it?"19 Aug 2026 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:4ugnhh7vesouhh25qldmatvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mth754sfxs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/garrettbucks.bsky.social/post/3mt2h5aszfc2fBegging national pundits to stop making broad pronouncements on local elections from a few viral clips (Hong's campaign was, in practice, more focused on joy and community than any I'd ever experienced). This is from @amandamarcotte.bsky.social but I'm seeing it in lots of places.14 Aug 2026 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:4ugnhh7vesouhh25qldmatvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2h5aszfc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/garrettbucks.bsky.social/post/3msxz5c7tas25I mean, what did you expect?13 Aug 2026 15:58 +0000at://did:plc:4ugnhh7vesouhh25qldmatvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxz5c7tas25https://bsky.app/profile/garrettbucks.bsky.social/post/3msxthovq5c2pSort of related to this, here's what it felt like to be a Hong supporter in Wisconsin. 11 months: "WHAT A BLAST! We never expected Hong to do this well." 1 week: I mean, sure, those interviews could've been better but WAIT, IS THIS REALLY WHAT'S FRYING EVERYBODY'S BRAINS? [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Aug 2026 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:4ugnhh7vesouhh25qldmatvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxthovq5c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/garrettbucks.bsky.social/post/3msw2hkxi322xOn loving and losing and being a dreamer and also a dad https://thewhitepages.net/p/what-do-you-tell-your-thirteen-year?utm_source=activity_item12 Aug 2026 21:16 +0000at://did:plc:4ugnhh7vesouhh25qldmatvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3msw2hkxi322xhttps://bsky.app/profile/garrettbucks.bsky.social/post/3msv73mjypc2pThere will be plenty of takes today about what Wisconsin's gubernatorial primary means for broader rhetorical proxy wars. This isn't one of them. It's about what a dad and a son talk about while driving home from a night where their hopes both swelled and crashed. https://thewhitepages.net/p/what-do-you-tell-your-thirteen-year12 Aug 2026 13:06 +0000at://did:plc:4ugnhh7vesouhh25qldmatvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3msv73mjypc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/garrettbucks.bsky.social/post/3mssnqqz6ak2aAES on gender is a fascinating "two things true at once" situation. He's done a legit great job (at multiple points) of reframing the masculinity convo AND it's still worth asking whether people are more willing to hear it now bc its delivered by a dude in a tight shirt who lifts (unlike in '18). [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Aug 2026 12:51 +0000at://did:plc:4ugnhh7vesouhh25qldmatvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssnqqz6ak2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/garrettbucks.bsky.social/post/3msqpa2k3is2mI wrote this in May about an election in my state that is currently inspiring just nuclear levels of discourse and you know what? STILL HOLDS UP, I THINK! https://thewhitepages.net/p/the-real-electability-is-the-friends?utm_source=publication-search10 Aug 2026 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:4ugnhh7vesouhh25qldmatvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqpa2k3is2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/garrettbucks.bsky.social/post/3msggiq6ies2eAlready pre-exhuasted by the amount of electoral takes that my state (WI) is going to weather next week, and have to say: it's so weird how people who think about politics all the time talk about voters. Most voters don't see themselves in a weird life-or-death battle between centrism and leftism!06 Aug 2026 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:4ugnhh7vesouhh25qldmatvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3msggiq6ies2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/garrettbucks.bsky.social/post/3msgd7ehbvc2nA reader offered a good "yes, and" to this piece: how leftist organizing spaces have generally not discovered the difference between saying "childcare is available" and actually making a meeting welcoming to kids. THIS IS ONE OF MY BIGGEST PERSONAL BUGGABOOS. https://thewhitepages.net/p/our-political-movements-should-be06 Aug 2026 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:4ugnhh7vesouhh25qldmatvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgd7ehbvc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/garrettbucks.bsky.social/post/3msg46knmrc2nIf you're trying to build a social movement, it's good to make it as easy as possible for those who already want to join that movement to actually come to your events. https://thewhitepages.net/p/our-political-movements-should-be06 Aug 2026 13:04 +0000at://did:plc:4ugnhh7vesouhh25qldmatvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3msg46knmrc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/garrettbucks.bsky.social/post/3msdxaa7nb227If you want people to show up in movement spaces, you have to make the first step as clear and accessible as possible https://thewhitepages.net/p/our-political-movements-should-be05 Aug 2026 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:4ugnhh7vesouhh25qldmatvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdxaa7nb227https://bsky.app/profile/garrettbucks.bsky.social/post/3msbgnbdbz22sI actually think that it's really telling that the GOP is already trying to throw everything they can at @francescahongwi.bsky.social and the best they can come up with is that she has said stuff that a lot of people find cringe but that clearly comes from an empathetic and open-hearted place.04 Aug 2026 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:4ugnhh7vesouhh25qldmatvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbgnbdbz22shttps://bsky.app/profile/garrettbucks.bsky.social/post/3ms4v36i77s2aThere's a lot you can say about this attempt to stage an anti "white replacement" race war at a Midwestern water park, but one of the funniest is all the extremely white torsos walking in front of the camera, very clearly un-replaced. 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