Aings
@aingsword.bsky.social
Writer (of code and other stuff). Not authorized to speak for my employer.
https://aingsword.wordpress.com
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Without immigrants, this World Series would be a two on two.
November 1, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Without immigrants, this World Series would be a two on two.
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"It is past time for both Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer to step down and step aside. This fascist moment, this age of Trump, demands outspoken, unrelenting and fearless opposition... we all deserve better."
I make the case, in my latest for The Guardian, for new leadership:
I make the case, in my latest for The Guardian, for new leadership:
It’s time for Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries to step down | Mehdi Hasan
This fascist moment, this age of Trump, demands outspoken, unrelenting and fearless opposition. We all deserve better
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"It is past time for both Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer to step down and step aside. This fascist moment, this age of Trump, demands outspoken, unrelenting and fearless opposition... we all deserve better."
I make the case, in my latest for The Guardian, for new leadership:
I make the case, in my latest for The Guardian, for new leadership:
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Dennis Goris (@dennisgoris.bsky.social) with a cartoon that's profound, sad, and tragically spot on.
August 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Dennis Goris (@dennisgoris.bsky.social) with a cartoon that's profound, sad, and tragically spot on.
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AOC: "We need to be talking about ICE agents and the cowardly policy of covering their faces
May 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
AOC: "We need to be talking about ICE agents and the cowardly policy of covering their faces
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I believe it and support @aoc.bsky.social because I am an engineer
AOC: Fox News and the right-wing would have you believe that these American values are something out of The Communist Manifesto. But let me tell you Fox News, I don’t believe in healthcare, labor, and human rights because I’m a Marxist.. I believe it because I was a waitress.
March 21, 2025 at 5:36 AM
I believe it and support @aoc.bsky.social because I am an engineer
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Democrats are fundamentally misunderstanding the moment: We're not asking them to be *legislators* right now. We need them to be *politicians.*
There's nothing to be done about the legislative situation. They're right about that. But there's PLENTY to be done as politicians.
There's nothing to be done about the legislative situation. They're right about that. But there's PLENTY to be done as politicians.
CNN: Is democratic leadership is doing enough?
SENATOR JACKY ROSEN: I think that we have to realize that we're in the minority. They have the White House, they have the House, and they have the Senate. So the tools that are available to us here as legislators...they are limited.
SENATOR JACKY ROSEN: I think that we have to realize that we're in the minority. They have the White House, they have the House, and they have the Senate. So the tools that are available to us here as legislators...they are limited.
February 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Democrats are fundamentally misunderstanding the moment: We're not asking them to be *legislators* right now. We need them to be *politicians.*
There's nothing to be done about the legislative situation. They're right about that. But there's PLENTY to be done as politicians.
There's nothing to be done about the legislative situation. They're right about that. But there's PLENTY to be done as politicians.
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For example, writing was widespread in Indus cities, but does not appear to have used to balance reciprocity between everyday people, and perhaps even prevented emergence of a ruling class:
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Debt and inequality: Comparing the “means of specification” in the early cities of Mesopotamia and the Indus civilization
To transform debts into permanent inequalities, David Graeber (2011:14) argues that creditors must possess the “means to specify” what they are owed. …
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January 24, 2025 at 9:38 AM
For example, writing was widespread in Indus cities, but does not appear to have used to balance reciprocity between everyday people, and perhaps even prevented emergence of a ruling class:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
My #firstpost on #bluesky (feels a little like shouting into the void since I don't yet have most of my followers from that other site) is my review of The Saint of Bright Doors by @vajra.me
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Review: The Saint of Bright Doors
I noticed The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera (Tor Publishing, 2023) when it won the 2024 Nebula Award. The Nebula is the premier accolade for science fiction writing, previously won b…
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November 22, 2024 at 2:01 AM
My #firstpost on #bluesky (feels a little like shouting into the void since I don't yet have most of my followers from that other site) is my review of The Saint of Bright Doors by @vajra.me
aingsword.wordpress.com/2024/10/17/b...
aingsword.wordpress.com/2024/10/17/b...